A number of readers have written asking questions about the construction I put on Ex parte Quirin in a recent post about the al-Awlaki case. Do I really believe that Quirin authorizes the president to ...

A bigger worry than rogue presidents killing Americans willy-nilly is that Americans don't question their leaders on national security Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen alleged to be a senior al-Qaeda ...

On Feb. 28, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina directed the release of Jose Padilla, the terrorist who planned to detonate a “dirty bomb” in a major United States city. For ...

Under existing law, President George W. Bush has the legal authority to use military commissions to try certain suspected terrorists for violations of the law of war. In arguing otherwise, George P.

The genesis of “In Times of War” — receiving its world premiere at Stage Left Theatre in Wrigleyville — is clear as day. You can easily see the steps traced by playwright David Alan Moore, who ...