CPT(P) Thomas Wheatley Assistant Professor Assistant Editor - Articles of War Law and Philosophy Lieber Institute for Law & Warfare thomas.wheatley [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Thomas N. Wheatley is an assistant professor in the Department of Law and Philosophy and a U.S. Army Judge Advocate. He teaches Constitutional and Military Law (LW403) and Special Topics in the Law (LW490). Before coming to the United States Military Academy, Wheatley was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty, NC, where he most recently served as the Brigade Judge Advocate for the 16th Military Police Brigade. While at Fort Liberty, Wheatley also served as an administrative law attorney and national security law attorney for Joint Task Force Dragon, a multinational effort launched in support of Ukraine and allied partners following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Prior to his time at Fort Liberty, Wheatley was stationed at Fort Riley, KS, where he served as the Military Justice Advisor to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, with whom he completed an operational rotation to Korea in 2020. Wheatley is from Lawrence, KS. B.S. - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityJ.D. - Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University Research Interests Free speech, religious liberty, law of armed conflict, public international law, national security law Current Research Thomas Wheatley & Nino Monea, True Faith & Allegiance: The Service Member's Guide to the American Constitutional Order (forthcoming). Selected Publications Thomas Wheatley, Defining Dignity and Respect: Free Speech and Compulsory Pronouns in the Armed Forces, 28 Texas Rev. L. & Pol. 15 (2024).Thomas Wheatley, A Legitimate Act of Self-Defense: Israel, Operation Opera, and How Nuclear Proliferation Justifies Preemptive Strikes Under International Law, 53 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 47 (2021).Thomas Wheatley, Implied Consent Laws: More than Meets the Eye, Criminal Justice, Spring 2020, at 21–26.Thomas Wheatley, “The Highest Rank of Worship”: What a Convicted Terrorist Taught Me About Islamic Radicalization and the False Promise of Martyrdom, 13 J. Terrorism & Sec. Analysis 1 (2018).