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Did Israelis Just Vote to End the Two-state Solution?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Document: Julian Assange Indictment
On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia unsealed a March 6, 2018 indictment charging Julian Assange, the founder head of WikiLeaks, for conspiring to commit computer int... -
A Case Study in the Outsourcing of U.S. Border Control
Over the past year, the Trump administration has put forth an array of measures to deter immigration to the United States, including separating families, enacting a zero-tolerance stance toward irregular... -
Bill Barr’s Low Moment
Attorney General Bill Barr’s statements today on supposed “spying” by the FBI on the Trump campaign before the Senate Committee on Appropriations were indefensible. They were at once indecipherable and c... -
The U.S. Names the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Organization and Sanctions the International Criminal Court
On April 8, the Trump administration designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. A few days... -
Memo to the Press: How Not to Screw Up on the Mueller Report
The press screwed up bigly on the Barr letter. Here are nine ideas for doing better the second time around. -
Hamama v. Adducci: Narrowing Habeas Relief for Immigrants in Removal Proceedings
Earlier this April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied a petition for en banc rehearing in Hamama v. Adducci, finalizing its reversal of the district court’s preliminary injunctions s... -
Rational Security: The 'Purge' Edition
The White House launches a purge at the Homeland Security Department. Some prosecutors in Robert Mueller’s office are frustrated by the attorney general’s portrayal of their report. And the Trump adminis... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a second day of congressional budget hearings, Attorney General Bill Barr said he will review the genesis of the FBI counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, NBC News reports. -
The Lawfare Podcast Shorts: Memo to the Press: How Not to Screw Up on the Mueller Report
Attorney General Bill Barr announced on Wednesday, April 10, that the Mueller report will be released next week. -
Data Collection Standards in Privacy Legislation: Proposed Language
As a proponent of baseline federal privacy legislation, I am encouraged that proposals that would have been poison pills not long ago, such as individual rights to see, correct and delete data as well as... -
Livestream: Attorney General Bill Barr Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Committee
Attorney General Bill Barr will testify on Wednesday morning before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Department of Justice fiscal 2020 budget request. The livestream is available here and below...
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