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Document: Court Dismisses President Trump as Party in Transgender Service Member Ban Case
On Aug. 25 2017, President Trump ordered the U.S. government to not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military. Two plaintiffs, Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, subsequently filed a ... -
Saudi Arabia Responds to Human Rights Criticism by Expelling Canadian Ambassador
Saudi Arabia Expels Canadian Ambassador After Accusing Her of Interfering in Saudi Politics -
Executive Branch Lawyering in Time of Crisis
We have complementary articles about the proper conception of lawyering for the president in times of crisis in the most recent issue of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics that we thought might be of... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Saudi Arabia’s military coalition in Yemen made secret deals with hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters, including paying them to abandon key cities and allowing fighters to retreat from disputed areas unmoleste... -
Israel's Proposed ‘Facebook Bill’
From 2015 to 2016, Israel experienced a wave of terror, dubbed the “knife intifada,” in which 47 Israelis were murdered. According to Israeli security sources, a majority of the attacks were carried out ... -
Fact and Fiction About the Amendment of the Israeli Supreme Court’s Jurisdiction Over West Bank Cases
The Israeli legislature has taken another step toward blurring the lines distinguishing the Israeli legal system from the one that exists in the West Bank. The Knesset recently passed an amendment that t... -
The Week That Will Be
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How the Latest Trump Tower Tweet Damages the President’s Legal Defense
In a previous post, I discussed how a competent lawyer would have responded to a campaign’s proposal that it accept a foreign government’s offer to help with the campaign. The lawyer, I wrote, would have... -
Trade War Battles: Congress Reconsiders Its Role
After many months of the executive branch taking action against U.S. trading partners, Congress is starting to push back. -
Can the Senate Constrain the President on NATO and Russia?
Editor’s Note: Trump's destruction of U.S. alliances and coddling of Moscow is alarming enough, but even more distressing is the apparent complacency of many powerful Republicans. This may be changing. M... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort began on Tuesday in the Eastern District of Virginia. Autumn Brewington explained the charges against Manafort and the potential implications of t... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Fighting Deep Fakes
Technologies that distort representations of reality, like audio, photo, and video editing software, are nothing new, but what happens when these technologies are paired with artificial intelligence to p...
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