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Should the House Impeach If the Senate Won’t Convict?
From the day that Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, people have been arguing that he should be impeached. That effort faced some rather serious obstacles. Not everyone was convinced that any imp... -
The Supreme Court Has No Role in Impeachment
On April 24, the president tweeted: The Mueller Report, despite being written by Angry Democrats and Trump Haters, and with unlimited money behind it ($35,000,000), didn’t lay a glove on me. I DID NOT... -
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. -
New Poll: Despite Partisan Divides on Immigration, Americans Oppose Family Separation
With a purge of the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, President Trump seems poised to toughen U.S. -
Confidence in Mueller’s Investigation Soars After Barr Letter
March 21 to March 22, just prior to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s delivery of his report on the Russia investigation to Attorney General William Barr, we conducted a nationwide survey asking responden... -
Speaker Pelosi and the Norms of Impeachment
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has now joined Gerald Ford as a House leader putting on the record an influential view of the boundaries of impeachment. In 1970, when Ford was House minority leader, he spoke from t... -
When Is Impeachment the Right Remedy?
There is a tendency to think of impeachable offenses as like landmines. If the president accidentally or purposefully steps on one, then it explodes and he must suffer the consequences. Constitutional la... -
Michael Cohen at the House Oversight Committee: Prepare for Procedural Disaster
Do you like watching the clerk of a congressional committee call the roll over and over again? Then you might want to tune in to Wednesday’s appearance by Michael Cohen before the House Committee on Over... -
Livestream: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Election Security
The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on election security on Wednesday, February 13th at 10:00am. The panel will hear testimony from Christopher C. Krebs, Director, Cybersecurity... -
National Security Highlights in the 2019 State of the Union
On Feb. 5, President Trump gave his third address to Congress. Below are the excerpts most relevant to Lawfare readers, organized by topic, in the order in which they were mentioned. A full transcript is... -
Congressional Subpoena Power and Executive Privilege: The Coming Showdown Between the Branches
With the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives sporting an aggressive oversight agenda on national security and foreign policy issues, it’s only a matter of time before a raft of congre... -
FBI Agents Association Argues Shutdown Hurts National Security
“Financial security is national security.” So argues the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), an outside group advocating for bureau employees, in a new report entitled, “Voices from the Field: FBI Agent Acco...
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