Goldsmith in Slate: The president’s campaign against Libya is constitutional

March 24, 2011

In a recent op-ed in Slate, Professor Jack Goldsmith makes the case for why President Obama’s campaign of air and sea strikes against Libya is constitutional. Goldsmith says that while he agrees with “many of the arguments from critics of the intervention that President Obama acted imprudently in committing American forces to a conflict with an ill-defined national security justification,” he does not believe that the military action is unconstitutional. Goldsmith’s op-ed, “War Power,” appeared in the March 21, 2011 edition of Slate. A former assistant attorney general in the Bush Administration, Goldsmith is the author of “The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgement Inside the Bush Administration” (New York : W.W. Norton & Company 2007).

Goldsmith in The Washington Post: Ghailani verdict makes stronger case for military detentions

November 19, 2010

Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith co-wrote an op-ed with Benjamin Wittes for the Nov. 19, 2010 edition of The Washington Post titled “Ghailani verdict makes stronger case for military detentions.” The piece addresses debate over the Obama administration’s policy to try former Guantanamo detainees in civilian court.

Goldsmith in the Washington Post: Our nation’s secrets, stuck in a broken system

October 22, 2010

Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith wrote an op-ed for the Oct. 21, 2010 edition of the Washington Post titled “Our nation’s secrets, stuck in a broken system.” The piece addresses Bob Woodward’s book, “Obama Wars,” in which ostensibly classified information – presumably obtained from senior White House officials – is disclosed regardless of the “grave damage” that could result from its release.

Goldsmith in the New York Times: The pitfalls of federal trials of Guantánamo Bay detainees

October 13, 2010

In an Oct. 8 op-ed in the New York Times, Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith argues that the trial of suspected terrorists – whether in criminal, civilian, or military court – is the “wrong approach.”

Goldsmith on NPR: Extending The Law Of War To Cyberspace (audio)

September 27, 2010

Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith recently spoke on NPR about the potential consequences of the ambiguity surrounding legal and ethical limits of state behavior in cyberspace.

Goldsmith in Washington Post: A way past the terrorist detention gridlock

September 10, 2010

Nine years after Sept. 11 and 20 months into the Obama presidency, our nation is still flummoxed about what to do with captured terrorists, writes HLS Professor Jack Goldsmith in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post. In his op-ed, “A way past the terrorist detention gridlock,” Goldsmith says that while there is no “silver bullet” for this problem, there are several steps the administration could take toward resolution.

Goldsmith in the Washington Post: The New START Treaty and Foreign Policy

August 9, 2010

Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the effects the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) could have on the Senate’s role in foreign policy.

HLS Professors testified on behalf of Elena Kagan ’86

July 7, 2010

Several HLS Professors testified on behalf of former Dean Elena Kagan ’86 on July 1 during confirmation hearings for her nomination to become an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hearsay: Short takes from faculty articles and op-eds – Summer 2009

July 1, 2010

Internet Arms Race Illustrations by Gracia Lam Professor John Palfrey ’01 MIT Technology Review May/June 2009 “In less democratic societies, sophisticated use of the Internet is limited to the few and the elite. Too often, using these tools puts activists at risk of greater control by the state, through surveillance, censorship, and imprisonment. Political leaders […]

Hearsay: Short takes from faculty op-eds Summer 2010