Neither the Rome Statute nor fundamental fairness evidently permitted the ICC prosecutor to instruct an external panel of legal experts he assembled to review evidence he used to support his applications...

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The law’s flexible, entity-based designation mechanism is noteworthy, but the scope of its call-in power and “national security” remains ambiguous.

Two reasons for cautious optimism—or at least cautious suspension of outright horror

It is time for OFAC to designate every ransomware gang by default.

Public opinion can support the use of nuclear weapons in conflicts. Governments need stronger checks against pushing the button.

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Neither case reached the merits. But NetChoice and Murthy have set the paradigm through which the Court will evaluate social media regulations and will change the way governments try to influence social ...

Though the opinion is likely not the final word on the Texas and Florida laws, it’s an important statement that the Court will not set different rules for online and offline speech.

If properly structured, both a commission of inquiry and a preliminary examination by the Israeli police could arguably meet existing complementarity standards.

The wisdom of the decision depends on unknowable future events.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States would have been wrong and dangerous at any time. It’s uncommonly so with Trump poised to retake power.