Issue: National Security and Civil Liberties

Efforts to keep the nation safe, while critically important, often implicate constitutional questions and civil liberties concerns. ACS’s work in this area includes the examination of detention policies, war powers, questions about the scope of Executive Power, military tribunals, torture, and government surveillance and its impact on privacy.

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The President’s Legal Authority to Commit Troops Domestically Under the Insurrection Act

September 22, 2020

 

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Overcoming Constitutional Objections to the CLOUD Act

February 20, 2020

 

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Protecting Digital Data at the U.S. Border

September 11, 2019

 

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What the Military Law of Obedience Does (and Doesn't) Do

March 19, 2018

 

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Restoring the Balance Between Secrecy and Transparency

October 24, 2017

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Is Deference Deserved? Reexamining Judicial Review in National Security Cases

June 25, 2019

 

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Firewalling Democracy: Election Security as a National Security Issue

May 7, 2018

 

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Democratic Deterioration at Home and Abroad

November 6, 2017

 

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Liberty and Security in a Changing World

February 3, 2014

 

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The Constitution and Privacy in a Time of Innovation

November 19, 2013

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Questions for AG Sessions at House Oversight Hearing

November 13, 2017

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ACS President Statement on Pres. Trump’s Executive Order and Detention of Muslims in Airports

January 29, 2017

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Constitutional Law Scholars Forum Conference

February 25, 2022

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Torture: the legal argument against an inhumane, immoral, and unjustifiable practice.

September 10, 2020

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Technology and Privacy During a Pandemic: Should Government Surveillance Be Used to Stop the Spread of COVID-19?

April 1, 2020

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Is the War Powers Act Dead?

March 12, 2020

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Presidential Power Over the Nuclear Weapons Use: Constitutional War Powers & the New U.S. Plan to Defend Taiwan

March 9, 2020

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Section 702 Renewal: Opportunities Lost and Gained

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Presidential Pardons After Joe Arpaio

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"America First" and Civil Liberties Last?

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Sub-Issues

Military Tribunals
Surveillance and Privacy
Torture
War Powers
Whistleblowers