Ben Farley
@brfarley.bsky.social
International law, law of armed conflict, national security law and policy, constitutional and criminal law.
Excited spent begin to describe
October 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Excited spent begin to describe
On the other site, Kaitlin Collins is reporting that President Trump posted on his social media site that the United States struck another boat in international waters.
September 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On the other site, Kaitlin Collins is reporting that President Trump posted on his social media site that the United States struck another boat in international waters.
One angrily asked to be thanked for protecting my neighborhood from “criminals” and accused me of interfering with an investigation by asking questions.
9th & Sheridan NW, Washington DC.
9th & Sheridan NW, Washington DC.
September 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
One angrily asked to be thanked for protecting my neighborhood from “criminals” and accused me of interfering with an investigation by asking questions.
9th & Sheridan NW, Washington DC.
9th & Sheridan NW, Washington DC.
Reading this decision--and, especially--the dissent really drives home the deleterious consequences of an impoverished understanding of international law (and the history it forces one to learn) among the American bar.
September 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reading this decision--and, especially--the dissent really drives home the deleterious consequences of an impoverished understanding of international law (and the history it forces one to learn) among the American bar.
Amused to see the Alien Terrorist Removal Court get a shoutout in the Fifth Circuit's AEA decision.
September 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Amused to see the Alien Terrorist Removal Court get a shoutout in the Fifth Circuit's AEA decision.
Yesssss finally arrived!
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yesssss finally arrived!
So pleased to come home to this new book (just published this week!) from John Ryan on the 9/11 case and the consequences of USG-sponsored torture on the pursuit of justice.
August 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So pleased to come home to this new book (just published this week!) from John Ryan on the 9/11 case and the consequences of USG-sponsored torture on the pursuit of justice.
But of course this isn't about crime -- which, to my mind, makes the term "presence patrol" all the more concerning.
What is presence and its purpose? A show of force and intimidation (sometimes described as "deterrence").
What is presence and its purpose? A show of force and intimidation (sometimes described as "deterrence").
August 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
But of course this isn't about crime -- which, to my mind, makes the term "presence patrol" all the more concerning.
What is presence and its purpose? A show of force and intimidation (sometimes described as "deterrence").
What is presence and its purpose? A show of force and intimidation (sometimes described as "deterrence").
The Washington Monument ain't exactly a hotbed of violent crime, folks.
August 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Washington Monument ain't exactly a hotbed of violent crime, folks.
Today in credulous news items.
August 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Today in credulous news items.
Always cool to see a work in print! Thanks again to the @icrc.org’s and International Review of the Red Cross for publishing my and @alkapradhan.bsky.social’s article proposing a practical legal test for determining when non-international armed conflicts end.
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Always cool to see a work in print! Thanks again to the @icrc.org’s and International Review of the Red Cross for publishing my and @alkapradhan.bsky.social’s article proposing a practical legal test for determining when non-international armed conflicts end.
GCIV, art. 55 would like a word.
July 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
GCIV, art. 55 would like a word.
What fresh hell is this?
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What fresh hell is this?
It’s been a particularly dystopian day, so here’s a picture of Gio cuddling a stuffy.
June 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It’s been a particularly dystopian day, so here’s a picture of Gio cuddling a stuffy.
Hey, that’s me and @alkapradhan.bsky.social!
What a thrill: our recent #IRRC article, “Establishing a Practical Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflict,” received an honorable mention for the @asilorg.bsky.social Lieber Society’s annual Lieber Article Prize.
What a thrill: our recent #IRRC article, “Establishing a Practical Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflict,” received an honorable mention for the @asilorg.bsky.social Lieber Society’s annual Lieber Article Prize.
April 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Hey, that’s me and @alkapradhan.bsky.social!
What a thrill: our recent #IRRC article, “Establishing a Practical Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflict,” received an honorable mention for the @asilorg.bsky.social Lieber Society’s annual Lieber Article Prize.
What a thrill: our recent #IRRC article, “Establishing a Practical Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflict,” received an honorable mention for the @asilorg.bsky.social Lieber Society’s annual Lieber Article Prize.
I had a wonderful time at the University of Iowa’s College of Law the last couple days. Thanks so much to the Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems for organizing an important symposium on AI and IHL!
April 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I had a wonderful time at the University of Iowa’s College of Law the last couple days. Thanks so much to the Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems for organizing an important symposium on AI and IHL!
Reminded of this chart today
March 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Reminded of this chart today
Calm before the storm
December 25, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Calm before the storm
What a weird paragraph in this WSJ piece: www.wsj.com/business/unt...
December 15, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What a weird paragraph in this WSJ piece: www.wsj.com/business/unt...
It's just stunning to see this in print from a GTMO military commission judge. From the suppression decision in Nashiri:
August 20, 2023 at 6:58 PM
It's just stunning to see this in print from a GTMO military commission judge. From the suppression decision in Nashiri: