Domestic deployments of military personnel can be contentious, and the recent events in Los Angeles certainly have demonstrated that. On June 9th, the Governor and the State of California filed a lawsuit against the...
No doubt you’ve heard about the President’s latest move to secure the southern border by putting a strip of land along the border under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense thus making it...
In recent weeks, professors from four U.S. military institutions have expounded on what is in essence the law of military orders (even if they don’t acknowledge it as such). Decide for yourself, but I...
Not long ago, retired general officers from opposing ends of the ideological and political spectrum separately contacted me with invitations to join other retired general and flag (admiral) officers (GFOs) who are organizing themselves...
In September 2022, eight former secretaries of defense and five former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff signed an open letter, “To Support and Defend: Principles of Civilian Control and Best Practices of...
Some pundits, academics, and others have long been insisting that U.S. civil-military relations are in “crisis” a claim which, as Rosa Brooks has noted, is a “a recurring feature of American politics”. They will...
Thank you for visiting Lawfire®! The page has been superseded by the post found here: “Return to Sender? Analyzing the ‘Open Letter’ on U.S. Civil-Military Relations” has been published by Harvard Law’s National Security...
Today’s podcast is the last but hardly the least from our 27th Annual National Security Law conference held in February. Entitled “Law in the Age of COVID: Lessons Encountered“ it is a fascinating take...
In what only can be described as an ill-considered—not to mention inaccurate—op-ed, Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Administration favorite Lynn Rosenthal made one of the most serious and insulting accusations possible against military officers...
Since the January 6 Capitol siege, many media and even academic outlets have published articles that paint a disturbing picture suggesting the active duty and veteran ranks are virtually infested with domestic extremists. But...
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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