A preliminary analysis of the legal questions likely to be raised in the lawsuits against the Saudi crown prince.

The arguments about the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act focused on the statute’s text and purpose—and some interesting hypotheticals.

The Supreme Court has unanimously undercut the core premise to this argument.

Last month, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. We reviewed several of Barrett’s writings to glean what they might reveal about her views on issues important to Lawfar...

Why has it taken until now for a Supreme Court justice to pay attention to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act?

The opinions reveal a Supreme Court grappling with the implications of the inseparable duality of the individual president and the institutional presidency.

Uighur activist groups filed an ICC complaint against Chinese officials. What’s in the complaint, and how could the ICC exercise its jurisdiction considering China isn’t signed to the Rome Statute?

The Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam calls into question several aspects of the court’s earlier decision in Boumediene v. Bush and more generally signals a mor...

The decision carries implications for the rights of asylum-seekers facing expedited removal, the purpose of the writ of habeas corpus and the judiciary’s role in checking executive power.

The International Criminal Court’s authorization of an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan represents the culmination of a complex debate over the law and politics of a probe into the co...