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Reassessing the Carter Administration 40 Years Later
A review of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter (Simon & Schuster, 2020) -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jonathan Zittrain on the Great Deplatforming
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The Biden Administration and International Climate Change Policy and Action
President-elect Biden is expected to initiate the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement on Inauguration Day. But the hard part will be coming up with a quantitative statement of how and by how much U.... -
SolarWinds Is Bad, but Retreat From Defend Forward Would Be Worse
Russia launched SolarWinds—the latest in a long series of hostile Russian cyber operations—not because the U.S. has engaged too proactively in cyberspace. Quite the opposite; it did so, very simply, beca... -
Felony Murder and the Storming of the Capitol
Though the facts of precisely what happened at the Capitol are still coming to light, it seems likely that prosecutors could file felony murder charges against at least some of the rioters. -
Social Media Companies Need Better Emergency Protocols
Social media companies should develop emergency protocols to counter the exploitation by malign agents and states that seek to foment violence. -
Rational Security: The 'So Not-Nice They Impeached Him Twice' Edition
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Necessary and Insufficient: The Problems Impeachment Does Not Solve
The bipartisan impeachment vote is an important and necessary step. But it fits President Trump’s final days only awkwardly. -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: China and the CIA: A Wilderness of Mirror Imaging
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
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The Lawfare Podcast: Late Impeachments
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Collins v. Mnuchin
On Dec. 9, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the constitutionality of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The case may determine Congress’s ability to limit the president’s removal power. -
The Coronavirus Games: A Geopolitical Spy Story
Around the world, spies are being used to respond to the pandemic by collecting information and equipment, engaging in information warfare, and exploiting contact-tracing platforms. -
Assessing the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, Three Years After the VEP Charter
The government has failed to deliver on its promises of greater transparency. -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Biggest Fiasco of Them All
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Document: Article of Impeachment and House Judiciary Report
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
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The Originalist Presidency in Practice?
A review of Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash's "The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers" (Harvard University Press 2020) -
About That Presidential Medal of Freedom: Revisiting the Nunes Memo
Yes, Devin Nunes got some things right. But his famous memo also contained blatant and intentional falsehoods, and even its truths were in service of a larger lie. -
Summary: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp
Does the “expropriation exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) afford U.S. courts jurisdiction to resolve claims brought by German citizens against the German government?
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The Situation: I’m Thankful For, Presidential Power Edition
In scary times for democracy, remember that we still have a lot going for us. -
Divine Madness
A review of Jerome Copulsky, “American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order” (Yale University Press, 2024).