Anthony Clark Arend

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of …

Over at the Council on Foreign Relations, Stewart Patrick reflects on the United States and questions of sovereignty. He writes:
As the nation celebrates its 235th birthday, The Internationalist takes a break from beer and barbecuing to reflect on American sovereignty. This is a controversial topic, to say the least. John Bolton, former UN ambassador and potential GOP …

The New York Times is reporting:
President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, according to officials familiar with internal administration deliberations.
Jeh C. Johnson, the Pentagon general counsel, and …

The Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department has just released a memo written by Caroline Krass, Principle Deputy Assistant Attorney General, on the authority of the president to use force in Libya. OLC’s bottom line:
We conclude, therefore, that the use of military force in Libya was supported by sufficiently important national interests to fall within the President’s constitutional …

Statement of the Attorney General on the Prosecution of the 9/11 Conspirators Washington, D.C. ~ Monday, April 4, 2011
In November 2009, I announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other individuals would stand trial in federal court for their roles in the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.
As I said then, the decision between …

The New York Times is reporting:
In a major reversal, the Obama administration has decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his role in the attacks of Sept. 11 before a military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and not in a civilian courtroom.Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is expected to announce on Monday afternoon that Mr. Mohammed, the …

Over at Lawfare, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, Jack Goldsmith, reports:
This afternoon, in connection with FOIA litigation by the ACLU, the Department of Justice released this May 2004 memorandum that I wrote as head of the Office of Legal Counsel about a certain surveillance program.  (It also released this memorandum.[written by John Yoo])  To …

The White House today announced new steps relating to Guantanamo and detainee policies, including a new Executive Order. The White House statement reads:

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
March 07, 2011

New Actions on Guantanamo Bay and Detainee Policy
Please find attached a fact sheet on new actions related to Guantanamo and detainee policy, as well as the text of …