Battlefield Earth: The Danger of Executive Overreach in the Global Fight Against Terrorism and Why Congress Must Act
Kylie Alexandra · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 456 (2014) In the aftermath of 9/11, Congress adopted the Authorization for Use of Military Force (“AUMF”) on September 14, 2001, permitting the President to use force against both al Qaeda for committing the attack and the Taliban for harboring them. Beyond those two organizations,... Read More
A DREAM Turned Nightmare: The Unintended Consequences of the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Policy
Jessica Arco · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 493 (2014) Although implemented with good intentions, the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy puts its intended beneficiaries in a precarious position. Because the policy constitutes an agency policy statement outlining an exercise of prosecutorial discretion, administrative law precedent suggests that deferred action... Read More
Chen Guangcheng and Julian Assange: The Normative Impact of International Incidents on Diplomatic Asylum Law
John T. Chisholm · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 528 (2014) The practice of diplomatic asylum, by which countries grant asylum within the walls of their embassies abroad, is not widely recognized in international law. Outside of Latin America, no multilateral treaty accepts a right to grant diplomatic asylum and the International Court... Read More
Interest Creep
Dov Fox · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 273 (2014) Judicial review has a blind spot. Doctrinal and scholarly focus on individual rights has crowded out alertness to the way in which legislatures and courts characterize the state interests on the other side of the constitutional ledger. This Article introduces and interrogates a... Read More
A Concise Guide to Using Dictionaries from the Founding Era to Determine the Original Meaning of the Consitution
Gregory E. Maggs · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 358 (2014) This Article explains how dictionaries published in the Founding Era may provide evidence of the original meaning of the Constitution. In addition, the Article identifies and discusses six potential problems with relying on definitions from these dictionaries, and cautions that these potential... Read More
Banning Lawns
Sarah B. Schindler · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 394 (2014) Recognizing their role in sustainability efforts, many local governments are enacting climate change plans, mandatory green building ordinances, and sustainable procurement policies. Thus far, however, local governments have largely ignored one of the most pervasive threats to sustainability—lawns. This Article examines the... Read More
Broadcasting as Marketplace or Academy?: How the Federal Communications Commission Can Save College Radio
Patrick Thompson · April 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 556 (2014) In recent years a number of student-run radio stations have been sold to parties that have ended day-to-day student control of these stations. The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has contributed to this practice by emphasizing the value of free speech in contributing to... Read More
Vol. 83 Editorial Board Selected
Announcing the 83rd Editorial Board of The George Washington Law Review:
Gonzales and Vladeck Cited in The New York Times
The New York Times published an article, Republicans Spar on Leaks and Surveillance, Underscoring Partisan Shake-up, discussing the divergent partisan views in the Republican caucus in Congress regarding secret government surveillance programs and national security in general. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s article, Drones: The Power to Kill, which was recently published in Volume 82:1 of... Read More
The Wall Street Journal Spotlights Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s Article on the Use of Drone Strikes
The Wall Street Journal has written a piece featuring former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s article entitled Drones: The Power to Kill, which has recently been published in Volume 82:1 of The George Washington Law Review. In his article, Gonzales calls for more limits on drone strikes against U.S. citizens overseas. Gonzales argues forcefully that... Read More