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‘The Politics of Truth’: The U.K. Overseas Operations Act and Legislation on Northern Ireland Legacy
Two recent moves to “protect” veterans from “lawfare”—the Overseas Operations Act and a command paper on Northern Ireland legacy—illustrate its attempts to strike a balance between impunity and accountab... -
A Strange Defense of the Biden Moratorium Extension Mess
A response to Neil Eggleston. -
D.C. District Court Partially Approves House Oversight Subpoena for Trump Financial Records
A judge blocked much, but not all, of the House Oversight Committee’s request for documents from 2011 to 2018 related to Trump and his businesses. -
D.C. Judge Declines to Dismiss Nunes Defamation Suit Against Washington Post
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is allowing Rep. Devin Nunes’s defamation suit against the Washington Post to proceed. -
Why Trump Cannot Hide Behind Presidential Immunity for Inciting an Insurrection
Supreme Court precedent compels the conclusion that Trump cannot escape liability for his actions, including encouraging, for his personal gain, the violent disruption of a constitutionally mandated sess... -
Notes Detail Trump’s Pressure on Justice Department To Declare the Election ‘Corrupt’
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OLC Clears Way for Treasury to Release Trump’s Tax Returns
The Office of Legal Counsel, contrary to the Trump Justice Department’s assertions, decided on Friday that the Treasury is obligated to provide Congress with the former president’s tax returns. -
The Biden Administration Joins the Military Justice Reform Debate as It Heats Up in the Senate
The Biden Administration has joined the debate over how profoundly the military justice system should be reformed as the Senate is divided. -
Informal Government Coercion and The Problem of "Jawboning"
At what point does informal coercion raise Constitutional questions? -
Justice Department Releases OLC Memo on Soleimani Strike
The memo provides the legal rationale behind the controversial January 2, 2020, drone strike that killed Major General Qassem Soleimani of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and several leaders of ... -
Repealing the ‘Zombie’ Iraq AUMF(s): A Clear Win for Constitutional Hygiene but Unlikely to End Forever Wars
Current congressional action related to the possible repeal of outdated force authorizations against Iraq will do little to affect the executive branch’s use of military force behavior in the region. -
Let’s Bet on the Next Big Policy Crisis—No, Really
Prediction markets and other geopolitical forecasting methods are the stuff of science, finance, and statistics, not fantasy. Yet decision-makers in the U.S. government, except for the intelligence commu...
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