Michael Lewis

Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University School of Law

Michael Lewis has written extensively on various aspects of the laws of war and the conflict between the U.S. and al Qaeda and has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions. Prior to earning his J.D. from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1998, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1987 to 1995, where he flew F-14s from the aircraft carrier USS Independence. He graduated from the Navy’s Top Gun School in 1992.

Debates Featuring Michael Lewis

The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad

With Alan Dershowitz, Noah Feldman, Michael Lewis, Hina Shamsi

March 5, 2014

With the drone strike on accused terrorist and New Mexico-born Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, President Obama has tested the limits of the executive branch’s powers. Does the president have constitutional authority under the due process clause to kill U.S. citizens abroad, or is it a violation of this clause to unilaterally decide to target and kill Americans?

The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad

With Alan Dershowitz, Noah Feldman, Michael Lewis, Hina Shamsi

March 5, 2014

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The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad

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