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A New Approach to Prosecuting Border Militias

Tucker Ring

Apr 26, 2023

How could prosecutors repurpose the federal kidnapping and hostage-taking statutes to improve investigations and prosecutions of border militias?
Avoiding Mandatory Transparency’s Pitfalls in Online Safety Legislation

Riana Pfefferkorn

Apr 26, 2023

Enhancing platform transparency doesn’t have to mean giving abusers a road map to circumventing online service providers’ systems and rules for keeping users safe.
The Lawfare Podcast: Eugene Volokh on AI Libel

Jen Patja Alan Z. Rozenshtein Eugene Volokh

Apr 26, 2023

If someone lies about you, you can usually sue them for defamation. But what if that someone is ChatGPT?
Ukraine's Nuclear Moment

Eric Ciaramella

Apr 26, 2023

A review of Mariana Budjeryn, “Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022).
The Chatter Podcast: Blackouts in Film and TV with Denis Newiak

David Priess

Apr 25, 2023

David Priess and Denis Newiak sat down to discuss the disaster film genre, what it says about modernity, and what lessons they hope politicians are taking away from the genre.
Judge Orders Pomerantz to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

Apr 25, 2023

Judge Vyskocil ruled that the subpoena to Pomeranz was issued with a “valid legislative purpose.”
The Lawfare Podcast: Ashley Merryman on the ‘Dangerous’ Cycle of Pentagon Sexual Harassment Policy

Katherine Pompilio Jen Patja Ashley Merryman

Apr 25, 2023

On the dangerous shortcomings of the Pentagon's “lowest level” policy to address sexual harassment.
FBI Publishes FISA Query Guidance From 2021

John A. Emmons

Apr 25, 2023

The Bureau released to the public two internal documents distributed in 2021 outlining procedures for the query of FISA information.
Proud Boys Trial Diary

Roger Parloff

Apr 25, 2023

A day-by-day live-blog of the Proud Boys trial.
The National Security Law Podcast: Are You Not Detained???

Robert Chesney Steve Vladeck

Apr 25, 2023
The Supreme Court's Halkbank Decision Explained

Emma Svoboda

Apr 24, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled that the FSIA does not apply to criminal cases and remanded common law arguments to the Second Circuit.
The Lawfare Podcast: Polina Ivanova on Evan Gershkovich’s Detention

Benjamin Wittes Jen Patja Polina Ivanova

Apr 24, 2023

Polina Ivanova joined Benjamin Wittes from Berlin to talk about Evan Gershkovich: who he is, why he has been detained by the Russians, what we know about his conditions in prison, and what it will take t...