Greg McNeal - Law and Terrorism - Gregory S. McNeal » Greg McNeal http://gsmcneal.com Greg McNeal's commentary on law, policy, national security, and culture. By national security expert Greg McNeal Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:40:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 America’s Reach: The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/04/06/americas-reach-the-constitutionality-of-targeted-killing/ http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/04/06/americas-reach-the-constitutionality-of-targeted-killing/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:33:05 +0000 Greg McNeal http://gsmcneal.com/?p=1279

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On Friday, April 6, 2012 I will be participating in a debate at The University of California, Davis School of Law.  The topic is "America's Reach:  The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing."  The speech is sponsored by the ACLU and the Federalist Society.

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On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 I will be participating in a debate at The University of Houston Law Center.  I’ve posted details from the flyer below.

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]]> http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/04/02/does-the-ndaa-permit-the-detention-of-u-s-citizens/feed/ 0 Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/03/11/are-targeted-killings-unlawful-a-case-study-in-empirical-claims-without-empirical-evidence/ http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/03/11/are-targeted-killings-unlawful-a-case-study-in-empirical-claims-without-empirical-evidence/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:28:14 +0000 Greg McNeal http://gsmcneal.com/?p=1266

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Now available on SSRN is my newest piece, Are Targeted Killings Unlawful?  A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence.  In the piece I argue that critics of the U.S. policy of targeted killing by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) generally lack credible information to justify their critiques. In fact, in [...]

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]]> http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/03/11/are-targeted-killings-unlawful-a-case-study-in-empirical-claims-without-empirical-evidence/feed/ 0 New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/03/11/new-approaches-to-reducing-and-mitigating-harm-to-civilians/ http://blog.gsmcneal.com/2012/03/11/new-approaches-to-reducing-and-mitigating-harm-to-civilians/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:40:13 +0000 Greg McNeal http://gsmcneal.com/?p=1258

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I just posted to SSRN the abstract for my chapter New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians which will appear in the Oxford University Press book, Shaping a Global Legal Framework for Counterinsurgency: New Directions in Asymmetric Warfare (William C. Banks ed., 2012).  The abstract appears [...]

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On Friday February 3 and Saturday February 4th the Santa Clara Law school will host a symposium on International Humanitarian Law.  I will be serving as a moderator for Panel 3.  The full schedule appears below, and more information about the symposium can be found here.

The 2012 Santa Clara Journal of International [...]

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On Friday November 4, 2011 The Florida International Law Review will host their Fall 2011 Symposium.  The topic is What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty and National Security.  I will be participating in Panel III- Looking Back to Shape the Future: How Foreign Policy will Affect Law, Liberty and National Security.

Here is [...]

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On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 I will be presenting my paper Collateral Damage and Accountability at Santa Clara University School of Law.  The event will take place at noon and is open to the public.

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On Tuesday, October 4th I will be part of a panel at Mercer University School of Law.  The panel discussion will explore the differences between President Obama and President Bush’s national security policies, specifically as they relate to counterterrorism.  Some issues we will explore are:

Commentary on how successful the current program has been [...]

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In light of the recent news that the CIA has killed al-Awlaki, I thought I’d flag my essay at CATO entitled “The Federal Protective Power and Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens“

Here is an excerpt:

My reading of the Constitution leads me to believe that there are circumstances when the president may order [...]

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Maryland DUI attorney Gary S. Bernstein’s website and license plate have provided the opening for our discussion of plea bargains in my Ethical Criminal Practice class.  Why?  Well, Bernstein’s web address is http://www.noplea.com and on his webpage he features this picture of his license plate:

If you can’t read what that says, [...]

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