Are there limits to the kinds of weapons Americans have a right “to keep and bear” under the Second Amendment? In an important new case, Miller v. Bonta, Judge Roger T. Benitez of the...
As Lawfire® readers know from a previous post (“Can troops be ordered to take a COVID vaccine? A guest post analyzes the law“) there is a clear legal path for the Secretary of Defense,...
If you espouse the tenets of one of the world’s largest religions, could the Pentagon still brand you as exhibiting “extremist behavior” even if you break no law or violate any policy? How about...
At a news conference shortly after General Lloyd Austin was confirmed as Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced that he “firmly established that combatting the pandemic is his number one...
Today’s post is by Cornell Law’s adjunct professor Brian Lee Cox who grapples with the fallout following what he rightly calls the “deplorable siege on the United States Capitol” last month. Specifically, Brian focuses...
Wondering what to do with that gift card you received on the 25th? I very highly recommend you use it to get a copy of Tom Ricks’ new book, First Principles: What America’s Founders...
How should public pronouncements by retired general and flag officers (GFOs) on controversial issues be viewed by the citizenry? A case study is found in Risa Brooks’ and Michael Robinson’s recent essay on War...
Is a recent post Andy Wright, who served in the Obama White House Counsel’s office, worries that the July 9th Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Mazars will operate to “give the attorney-client privilege...
One of my students asked me about a rather overwrought news story that headlined “Trump’s illness raises national security concerns as Pentagon looks to reassure public.” While the health of the President should always...
This summer has seen headlines about armed groups such as “Injuries reported after armed militias clash at Louisville protest” and “Armed Neighborhood Groups Form in the Absence of Police Protection”. What can government authorities...
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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