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What Authorities Is President Trump Using to Build a Border Wall?
The president signed spending legislation appropriating over a billion dollars for constructing a wall, along with a declaration of emergency to authorize an additional $6.5 billion. -
Document: Border Emergency Proclamation
On Friday, the president issued the following proclamation establishing that a national emergency exists on the southern border pursuant to the National Emergencies Act. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIT... -
Document: Judge Rules Manafort Lied While Under Cooperation Agreement
On Wednesday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Paul Manafort made intentionally false statements to the special counsel’s office while subject t... -
William Barr’s Remarkable Non-Commitments About the Mueller Report
“I don’t think there’ll be a report,” President Trump’s former attorney, John Dowd, recently told ABC News. “I will be shocked if anything regarding the president is made public, other than ‘We’re done.’... -
Maybe You Can’t Get a Comment from Peter Carr, But I Can
The special counsel’s spokesman speaks. -
The Supreme Court and Military Jurisdiction Over Retired Servicemembers
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Questions for the Justice Department on Cohen and Whitaker
Friday was supposed to be a very big day for those following the investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Not only was Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker scheduled to testify befo... -
Project Raven: What Happens When U.S. Personnel Serve a Foreign Intelligence Agency?
It’s been known since 2012 that a Baltimore-based company called Cyber Point had a contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to assist its newly-established signals intelligence agency (then called th... -
Department of Homeland Security Releases Its 'Remain in Mexico' Plan
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released memos roughly outlining its plan to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings, which it calls the Migrant Protection Pr... -
Oral Argument Summary: Qassim v. Trump
On Jan. 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in Qassim v. Trump. This panel follows after the court’s denial on Khalid Ahmed Qassim’s initial request of hearing his appe... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions: Defense Teams Assert Conflict in Session Cut Short by Medical Emergency
On Jan. 28 and 29, the military commission in United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, et al. (the 9/11 military commission) reconvened for pretrial proceedings, picking up from its November sitting. The... -
Why the FBI Sent So Many Agents to Roger Stone’s Home
Roger Stone says that more than two dozen FBI agents executed a search warrant at his house. That’s generally consistent with the bureau’s standard operating procedure.
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