Summary: After an extra-long break, we are back…and swamped! Tune in for debate and discussion of, among other things:<br> <br> * The National Guard deployments to Washington, DC, including questions of status, command, and authority<br> * The special circumstances of the DC National Guard (and, relatedly, the issue of DC statehood)<br> * The Third Amendment, hotels, and originalism???<br> * Civ-Mil relations and the weird weeks for General Milley and Secretary Esper<br> * The Tom Cotton Op-Ed and the NY Times’ response to the fallout from it<br> * The NDAA and proposals to mandate renaming of US military bases named for Confederate Generals<br> * GTMO, military commissions, the Majid Khan ruling (to the effect that torture can be cited as grounds for mitigation at sentencing), and implications for the 9/11 prosecution and capital punishment<br> * President Trump’s Executive Order declaring a national emergency vis-a-vis the prospect of ICC action against U.S. personnel, and the corresponding creation of a sanctions regime against not just ICC personnel involved in such actions but also against those who materially support them.<br> <br> And a surprisingly belated-yet-timely review of HBO’s Watchmen series. Seriously, if you haven’t watched it yet, get started!<br>
