According to the Washington Post, “[m]ost legal scholars find a war declaration irrelevant.” Maybe, but I’m not one of them as I explain in a just-published article in Harvard Law’s National Security Journal (“Why...
President Obama has aggressively wielded his authority under Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution to “grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States…” (mostly for “reprieves” but also for scores of pardons). The...
Earlier this month, at its annual meeting the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates passed a resolution (#109) that amended Rule 8.4 of its Model Code of Professional Conduct to include as “professional...
I have long believed that it is a melancholy but inescapable truth that in too many cases it takes litigation to get powerful corporate interests to do what they ought to do in the...
Many individuals and groups are quick to criticize the U.S.-led coalition when airstrikes aimed at defeating the Islamic State sometimes cause civilian deaths. What they never seem to take into consideration is what I’ve...
One of the panels at the recently completed Aspen Security Forum was entitled “Europe in Crisis” and this naturally involved discussion of the refugee issue. According to the BBC News over 1.8 million refugees...
If any retired generals or admirals are looking for kudos for their dive into partisan political endorsements at the Republican and Democratic conventions, allow me to suggest that Duke University may not be the...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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