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The Lawfare Podcast: Greg Miller on 'The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy'
Last week, Jack Goldsmith got on the phone with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Greg Miller to discuss Miller’s new book, “The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American D... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Attorney general nominee William Barr appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for the first of two days of his confirmation hearing, reports Politico. See the livestream here on Lawfare. -
The National Security Law Podcast: School’s Out For Summer
This week on the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck are joined by Michel Paradis (lead counsel for the defense in the al-Nashiri military commission case) and Capt. B... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Russia’s Successful Search for Deterrence on the Cheap
Brazen Russian intrusions into the U.S. electricity grid lead our episode. I ask Matthew Heiman and Nick Weaver whether Russia intended for us to know about their intrusions (duh, yes!) and how we should... -
What to Make of the U.K.’s New Code of Practice on Internet-of-Things Security
Across the globe, the rapid pace of technology development has made it difficult to govern emerging tech effectively. Policymakers struggle with several primary issues, including knowledge of the subject... -
Livestream: Attorney General Nominee Bill Barr Testifies Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Former attorney general William Barr, President Trump's nominee to head the Justice Department, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on his nomination. Barr's... -
Lessons from Watergate: What the Senate Judiciary Committee Should Ask Bill Barr
Two 1973 hearings to confirm two attorneys general offer guidance to senators who want to use the hearings this week to protect the Mueller investigation. -
9/11 Military Commission Judge Rejects Unlawful Influence Claim
On Friday, the judge United States v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad et al. (i.e., the 9/11 military commission), Col. Keith Parrella, rejected a defense motion to dismiss the case on the grounds of unlawful inf... -
Indicting and Prosecuting a Sitting President
There are ... incidental powers, belonging to the executive department, which are necessarily implied from the nature of the functions, which are confided to it. Among these, must necessarily be include... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The current partial federal government shutdown is now the longest in modern U.S. history, reports the Wall Street Journal. -
House Demolition at the Israeli Supreme Court: Recent Developments
In recent weeks, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice (HCJ) for administrative matters, handed down three decisions regarding house demolitions. The first one—Naji v. IDF Command... -
The Inspector General Should Review the FBI Counterintelligence Probe into Trump
Like everyone else on Lawfare, I was struck by the recent New York Times story about the FBI opening a counterintelligence investigation into President Trump after he fired former FBI Director Jim Comey....
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