Updates | The Week of May 29, 2017
Helen Klein Murillo // 6/4/17 //
President Trump has interviewed two more candidates for FBI director: former Transportation Security Administration director John Pistole and Christopher Wray, former Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division (WaPo).
- Most leadership at the State Department remains temporary and in limbo as the Trump administration struggles to fill key posts (WaPo).
To finally settle the jurisdictional bounds of the military commissions, The Supreme Court should grant certiorari in two Guantanamo appeals, argues Steve Vladeck (Just Security).
- Steve and Bobby Chesney take a deep dive into military commissions on this week’s National Security Law Podcast (Lawfare).
The Department of Homeland Security has decided not to impose a ban on bringing laptops onto flights from Europe to the U.S. (Politico).
The D.C. Circuit recently struck down FAA drone regulations, leaving the future of drone regulation in flux, argue Russell Spivak and Ashley Deeks (Lawfare).