This course provides a study of presidential and congressional national security powers under the Constitution and case law. Major areas of analysis include: the domestic effect of international law, the use of the armed forces at home and abroad, intelligence operations abroad, investigating terrorism and other national security threats, with a focus on electronic surveillance and privacy, prosecuting terrorists in the federal courts, detention and trial of terrorists by military commissions, congressional investigations and oversight, and restraints on disclosing and publishing classified information.
LAW-4089: National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law Seminar
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