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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Last Saturday’s events in Charlottesville inspired several a lot of writing on Lawfare. Bob Bauer explained how the attack in Charlottesville shows the President’s true attitudes toward the Constitution’... -
Water Wars: a “Suspicious” Flotilla that May “Not Mean Anything”
Some Philippine Leaders Herald a New Era of Cooperation with China, while Others Warn of a Buildup of Chinese Naval and Civilian Vessels near Philippine territory Satellite photograph showing Chinese ... -
All the Director's Employees: Data Show the White House Lied about Support for Jim Comey
On our Foreign Policy feed, we explain how newly released employee survey data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation disproves the president's claim that former FBI Director James Comey had lost the c... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
At least 14 people have died and 80 are injured after a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians in a tourist district in Barcelona on Thursday. The New York Times reports that the Islamic State has claimed... -
White House Announces Elevation of Cyber Command
Friday morning, the White House announced in a statement that the President ordered the elevation of Cyber Command to a unified combatant command. The full statement can be found below. -
The Solitary Executive
Traditionally, when referring to the president, a certain shorthand is used: the Obama administration, the Bush presidency, the Clinton White House, Reagan’s executive branch, etc. But these phrases are ... -
Charlottesville and the Problem of Donald Trump’s Constitution
It never meant much that in the statement he delivered from the White House about Charlottesville, President Trump trudged to a mike and checked the teleprompting box. He has always chosen to govern by t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A D.C. federal district court judge ruled yesterday in United States v. Abu Khatallah denying defendant Ahmed Abu Khattalah’s motion to suppress statements made to interrogators after he had waived his M... -
Invisible Hands and Iron Fists: Challenges in Regulating the Innovation Economy
Have you heard of “Regulators in Cyberia”? No, it’s not the latest thriller on the silver screen. Rather, it’s a white paper recently released by the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Projec... -
In Search of Data on White Supremacist Violent Crime
A cursory Google search for statistics on international terrorism, including acts committed on U.S. soil by individuals linked to foreign terrorist organizations, yields a gold mine. You can sort by grou... -
Russia's Interference; and Science Fiction Becomes Reality
Ukrainian Malware Expert as Link to Russian Electoral Interference. This front page article from the New York Times continues the slow public exposure of evidence linking Russia to electoral interferenc... -
The National Security Law Podcast: We Were Not Mirandized Until Halfway Through This Podcast
In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck make a whole series of blatantly un-Mirandized statements about some of the latest national security law developments. First, they take up a number ...
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