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Lawfare No Bull: D.C. Circuit Hears Arguments in Blassingame v. Trump
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A Crucial Appeal for Capitol Riot Prosecutions: D.C. Circuit to Hear Arguments Challenging the Felony Charge Used in 290 Cases
If an appellate panel affirms the dismissals of the charges in the trilogy of cases involving Jan. 6 rioters on Dec. 12, it would needlessly annihilate hundreds of Capitol siege charges aimed at exceedin... -
Five Stray Thoughts on the Oath Keepers Verdict
A listicle of in-the-weeds takeaways from Lawfare’s Oath Keepers trial correspondent. -
Militant Democracy Stages a Comeback in Brazil
Brazilian Supreme Court justices recently decided to intervene to prevent an authoritarian government, which could be the first move in a process of democratic consolidation or, by contrast, the seeds of... -
Seditious Kvetching: The Surprisingly Non-Trivial Defense in the Oath Keepers Prosecution
Because there was no concrete plan to storm the Capitol, the defendants have been able to argue that their rhetoric was no more than that: rhetoric. -
On Bullshit and the Oath of Office: The “LOL Nothing Matters” Presidency
Back in 2005, Princeton University Press published a slim, slickly-packaged book with a provocative title by a philosophy professor named Harry Frankfurt. The book was a reprint of a short essay by Frank... -
We Live in an Age of Futile Impeachments
Partisan polarization has brought the Age of Futile Impeachments into full blossom. Perhaps there is a better way to condemn a president’s actions. -
Flynn Must Fly to Fulton
Judge rules that, much like Newt Gingrich and Lindsey Graham, Michael Flynn cannot ignore a Fulton County grand jury subpoena. -
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
What triggered the appointment of a special counsel, who is Jack Smith, and what, if anything, does this mean for the investigations into Donald Trump? -
The Lawfare Podcast, Emergency Edition: Another Special Counsel Investigation of Donald Trump
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Even Newt Gingrich Has to Testify in Fulton County
While you were recovering from election night, the former House speaker and I were in court. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Decentralized Social Media and the Great Twitter Exodus