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The Future of Misinformation: A Lesson from ‘Access Hollywood’
At the end of November, the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump suggested to aides that he did not in fact make the offensive comments about women on the infamous “Access Hollywood” recor... -
Congress Should Help Wray Defend the FBI
On Wednesday, Jack wrote in defense of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's and FBI Director Christopher Wray’s efforts to rebuke the president’s demoralizing tweets about their agencies: -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Logan Act: Not Just Another Hugh Jackman Movie
In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck catch up with a number of 2017’s most persistent national security law sagas. For starters, there’s the indictment and plea agreement of Michael Fl... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and pledged to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the New York Times reported. In televised remarks from the White ... -
Livestream: President Trump's Statement on Jerusalem
President Donald Trump is making a statement on the decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. To understand the context and implications, read Lawfare's analysis from Scott Anderson and Y... -
An al-Qaeda Setback in Syria?
Unheralded amid the recent political chaos in Washington and upheavals in the Middle East was a potential bit of good news: revelations that the al-Qaeda core’s split from its Syrian affiliate did not re... -
The High Stakes of Misunderstanding Section 702 Reforms
In less than a month, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire. As the clock runs out on one of the U.S. government’s most important counterterrorism and counterin... -
In Defense of Rosenstein and Wray’s Responses to Trump
I wrote Monday morning about costs within the Justice Department when its leaders stay silent in the face of the president’s caustic attacks on the department’s independence and integrity. I mentioned in... -
How Can the President Obstruct Justice?
Earlier today, Josh Blackman penned on this site a cogent piece arguing that a president cannot commit the crime of obstruction of justice using valid exercises of his Article II powers as president. The... -
Obstruction of Justice and the Presidency: Part I
President Donald Trump’s lawyer, John Dowd, asserted that the “President cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution's Article II] and has every right ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bruce Riedel on Kings and Presidents
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, America’s longtime ally in the Middle East, faces a tumultuous future. Plummeting oil prices, an ongoing royal purge, and Yemen’s civil war across the border have thrust the ... -
The Habeas Privilege and Enemy Combatants
PDF version A review of Amanda Tyler's Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to Guantanamo Bay (Oxford, 2017). ***
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