Dakota S. Rudesill

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Associate Professor, Moritz College of Law; Co-Leader of Security & Governance Research, Mershon Center for International Security Studies

55 West 12th Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210

United States

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

The Deep Web and the Darknet: A Look Inside the Internet's Massive Black Box

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, STIP 03, October 2015, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 314
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Oct 2015
Dakota S. Rudesill, James Caverlee and Daniel Sui
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Texas A&M University and Ohio State University (OSU)
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computer crime, internet, deep web, darknet, law of war, law of armed conflict, regulation, geography, Tor, Silk Road, national security, cyberlaw, cyber crime, cyber security, cyber war

2.

Coming to Terms with Secret Law

7 Harvard National Security Journal 241 (2015), Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 321
Number of pages: 150 Posted: 08 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2016
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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secret law, surveillance, secrecy, classified information, intelligence, national security, administrative law, U.S. Congress, Congress, legislation, legislative history, National Security Agency, Justice Department, Executive Orders, privacy, empirical legal studies, Constitution, budget

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A Program in Legislation

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 70-95, 2015, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 278
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Dakota S. Rudesill, Christopher J. Walker and Daniel P. Tokaji
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of Michigan Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School
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legal education, legislation, statutory interpretation, administrative law, regulation, political process, clinics

4.

Regulating Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 102, 2013
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 25 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2015
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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treaties, nuclear weapons, arms control, tactical nuclear weapons, international security, Russia

5.

Nuclear Command and Statutory Control

11 Journal of National Security Law and Policy __ (2020), Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 577
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 28 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2021
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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nuclear weapons, constitutional law, congress, presidency, executive power, military, separation of powers, legal profession, Cold War, covert action, intelligence, national security, international relations, international law, interdisciplinary studies

6.

The Land and Naval Forces Clause

86 U. Cin. L. Rev. 391 (2018), Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 405
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 23 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2018
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Constitution, military, intelligence, war powers, FISA, surveillance, torture, interrogation, Congress, President, military justice, UCMJ, legislation, originalism, posse comitatus, foreign affairs, separation of powers, posse comitatus, cyber, cyberattack, cyber attack, nuclear weapons, War Powers

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MIRVs Matter: Banning Hydra-Headed Missiles in a New START II Treaty

Stanford Journal of International Law Vol. 54, 2018, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 413
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2018
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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nuclear weapons, deterrence, arms control, nuclear arms control, treaties, Russia, China, India, military, Cold War, detente

8.

Foreign Public Opinion & National Security

William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2010, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Jul 2012
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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foreign public opinion, Obama Administration, public diplomacy, counterinsurgency, foreign policy, national security law, Guantanamo Bay

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Closing the Legislative Experience Gap: How a Legislative Law Clerk Program Will Benefit the Legal Profession and Congress

Washington University Law Review, Forthcoming, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-12
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2012
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Congress, Clerkships, Legal Profession, Empirical Research, Congressional Law Clerk Program, Legislative Law Clerk Program

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Cyber Operations, Legal Secrecy, and Civil-Military Relations (book chapter in Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations, Lionel Beehner, Risa Brooks & Daniel Maurer, eds. (2020))

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 590
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2021
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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cyber, cyberwar, Congress, President, US Constitution, war, secret law, legal secrecy, civil-military relations, war powers

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Keepers of the U.S. Code: The Case for a Congressional Clerkship Program

Washington University Law Review Slip Opinions (online)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2014
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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legislation, clerkships, judicial clerkships, legal apprenticeship, congressional clerkships, legislative clerkships

12.

Striking Russia if Russia Nukes Ukraine: Presidential War Power Beyond Its Outer Edge

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 84, No. 6, 2024, Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 849
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2024
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Ukraine, Russia, nuclear weapons, nuclear war, U.S. Constitution, Commander in Chief, Congress, Declare War, Ukraine War, Ukraine-Russia War, cyber, covert action, Neutrality Act, diplomacy, threatening war, neutrality, war powers, war powers act, Youngstown, Biden, intelligence, constitutional law

13.

At the Elbow and Under Pressure: Legal, Military, and Intelligence Professionals

49 Hofstra Law Review (2020)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Mar 2024
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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professionalism, ethics, professional ethics, law, lawyers, legal professionals, intelligence, intelligence profession, intelligence work, intelligence ethics, military, military ethics, military professionalism, classification, national security, U.S. politics, U.S. government,

14.

Nuclear Arms Control: Coming Back from Oblivion, Again

10 Journal of National Security Law & Policy 429 (2019), Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 561
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2020
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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nuclear weapons, arms control, Russia, nuclear deterrence, treaties, Cold War, Russia, national security, national security law, international law

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From 9/11 to 1/6: Lessons for Congress from Twenty Years of War, Legislation, and Spiraling Partisanship

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 653, 12 Journal of National Security Law and Policy 43 (2021)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2023
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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war, military, law, national security, 9/11, insurrection, Congress, U.S. Constitution, surveillance, intelligence, interrogation; constitutional law, secret law

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Peter Granlund: A Profile in Courage and Fidelity to Law, 72 The Gavel __ (forthcoming 2025)

Number of pages: 3 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2025
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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World War II, law of armed conflict, law of war, legal ethics, international humanitarian law, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Hurtgen Forest, prisoners in war, Greatest Generation, U.S. Army, military justice, international law, Nuremberg, military history

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Neutrality Renewed

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 907, Journal of National Security Law & Policy (forthcoming 2025)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Mar 2025
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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war, armed conflict, neutrality, international law, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Congress, Alexander Hamilton, Ukraine, Russia-Ukraine War, Donald Trump, political violence, law of neutrality, cybersecurity, cyberwar, covert action, balance of powers, national security law, rule of law, Neutrality Act, George Washington, mercenaries, violent extremism, legislation, Joseph R. Biden

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Ethical Advice for These Times, and All Times

Bench and Bar of Minnesota, vol. 82 (forthcoming, April 2025)
Number of pages: 5 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2025
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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ethics, legal ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, ABA, law, lawyers, professionals, professionalism, military ethics, intelligence ethics, Stephen L. Carter, James E. Baker, Cass Sunstein, Tali Sharot, Marcus Aurelius, courage, civic culture, rule of law, corruption, espionage, legal education

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Precise and Concise: The Class Daily Briefing (CDB) Exercise

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 325
Posted: 12 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2016
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

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experiential learning, briefing, writing, legal education, legal writing

Other Papers (2)

Total Downloads: 84
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Tracking Congress's Library of Secret Law - Data Through 115th Congress (as of 2017-06-30)

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2017
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Congress, intelligence, military, surveillance, defense, public policy, secrecy, law, secret law

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To the Graduates: Integrity, Values, Friends

In-Forum, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 17 Jun 2019
Dakota S. Rudesill
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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