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Here’s How the Capitol Mob Violated Federal Criminal Law
By storming the Capitol and disrupting the electoral-count certification, yesterday’s mob likely violated many federal criminal laws, including against seditious conspiracy. -
Can Trump Be Stopped?
President Trump’s incitement of insurrection stands out as the worst presidential behavior in America’s two-century history. How can he be kept from doing more damage with only two weeks left in his term? -
The Lawfare Podcast: Counting the Electoral Votes
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The Lawfare Podcast, Emergency Edition: Insurrection at the Capitol
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Counting Ballots and Stealing Elections
If Republican legislators object to the counting of electoral votes for Biden, they will be assisting Trump’s brazen effort to steal an election. -
The Lawfare Podcast: No One Expects the Spanish Disinformation
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How Biden Can Take the High Road on Misinformation
Biden should look to the idea of a systemic duty of care, which says that the platforms are dependent on their users’ social connections and, thus, are obliged to reduce online harms to those users. -
Lawfare Live: Biden’s Emerging National Security Team
This Friday, Dec. 18, at 11am EST, members of the Lawfare team will take questions from the Lawfare community on President-elect Biden’s emerging national security team, how it compares to other administ... -
Four Ways for President Biden to Fix Cyber on January 21
The Biden administration should catalogue cybersecurity resources; improve federal coordination and response to domestic cyber incidents; and establish the lines of responsibility for the provision of in... -
The Glut of High-Stakes Cross-Party, Cross-Administration Investigations
The news about the federal investigations of Hunter Biden highlights the growing spate of politically fraught federal law enforcement investigations of prominent political officials or their family membe... -
Is Canadian Law Better Equipped to Handle Disinformation?
Canada does seem to be better off than the U.S. in shielding its electoral system from floods of disinformation. But whether that’s the result of Canada’s different free speech tradition, or, its lower-s... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Vaccine Misinformation Cometh
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