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It’s my pleasure to announce that Lawfare is hiring an associate editor! Nobody’s leaving, but the site has seen monumental growth in the volume of readership and submissions recently, and our team wants...
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The Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, according to the Washington Post. The vote was 57–42. Pompeo narrowly received a favorable recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Relations e...
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A review of Paul Scharre’s “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” (W.W. Norton, 2018).
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Gina Haspel faces an uphill climb to become the next CIA director. Former FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe may face criminal charges. And the Democratic National Committee files suit over the 2016 theft of its em...
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The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on May 14, when Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes will interview Amanda Tyler about her new book, “Habeas C...
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In an unexpected move, the Democratic National Convention turned political reprobation for election interference into formal legal action alleging conspiracy.
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The director of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts released the following report on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s activities during 2017. The report states that the FISC received 1,...
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The interplay between the politics of a democracy and its laws can sometimes be sharply illuminated when a curtain is drawn back and the political motives behind the acts of state are revealed despite of...
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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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During Mark Zuckerberg’s 10-plus hours of testimony before Congress on April 10 and 11, the Facebook CEO was asked at least six times about his company’s alleged censorship of conservative internet perso...
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The Military Commissions Trial Judiciary at Guantanamo Bay issued the following ruling on a defense motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction for absence of hostilities. Military Judge Col. Jam...
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That’s the remarkable claim purveyed this morning in a New York Times editorial. Here is the relevant passage:
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Now that liability for corporations (foreign ones, at least) under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) is off the table, the recriminations can begin.
Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank wa...
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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in Trump v. Hawaii, the third iteration of Trump’s travel ban issued last September, reports the New York Times. The justices will consider whether ...
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The encryption debate is messy. In any debate that involves technology—encryption, security systems and policy, law enforcement, and national security access—the incomparable complexities and tradeoffs m...
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Since March, the new Section 232 tariffs have put the trade world in a frenzy. The president has invoked an obscure national-security trade clause and seemingly disrupted America’s relationships with its...
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When the D.C. Circuit hears oral argument in Doe v.
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The military commission trying alleged al-Qaeda commander Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi reconvened in public session on April 17 after a break in proceedings since February.
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By now, most Lawfare readers will be aware of the issues before the Supreme Court in Jesner v. Arab Bank, which was decided yesterday. The plaintiffs/petitioners—foreign victims of overseas terrorist att...
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