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The Game Theory of a Trump Subpoena
The special counsel wants to interview the president. How will it play out? -
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Where Do Hacking Torts Happen?
The Democratic National Committee’s lawsuit against the Russian Federation will run aground, as Ingrid Wuerth notes, unless the DNC can find a way around Russia’s immunity in American courts. -
Does the Corker-Kaine AUMF Bill Really Open the Door to War with North Korea and Iran?
That’s the remarkable claim purveyed this morning in a New York Times editorial. Here is the relevant passage: -
The DNC v. Russia: The Question of Foreign Sovereign Immunity
Are Russia and its officials entitled to foreign sovereign immunity? Does President Trump have constitutional power to determine the immunity of Russian operative Guccifer 2.0? -
R.I.P. Congressional War Power
President Donald Trump has ordered significant military strikes against assets of the Assad regime in Syria. -
The Psychiatrist’s Goldwater Rule in the Trump Era
PDF Version A review of Bandy X. Lee’s “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President,” (Thomas Dunne, 2017). *** -
A Fast Track to Nowhere: ‘Expedited Procedures’ and the New AUMF Proposal
On Monday evening, a bipartisan coalition of senators led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R.-Tenn.) and Sen. -
Behind James Comey’s ‘A Higher Loyalty’
Reflections on the former FBI director’s book, leadership—and no-win situations. -
Document: White House Letter of Notice to Congress on Syria Strike
The White House has released the following text of a letter sent to the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate to serve as notice of military engagement in Syria on April 13, consis... -
Is the U.N. Charter Law?
I think the question of whether the U.N. Charter is law is misleading or meaningless or both, for reasons that I hope this post will make apparent. But now that I have your attention, I want to sketch a ... -
The Trump Administration Should Do More to Explain the Legal Basis for the Syrian Airstrikes
In their post earlier today, Jack Goldsmith and Oona Hathaway argue that the Trump administration had no apparent domestic or international legal authority for last night’s air strikes against Syria. I h... -
Bad Legal Arguments for the Syria Airstrikes
On Friday night, the United States, United Kingdom, and France launched a coordinated attack in Syria, reportedly aimed at sites related to Syria’s chemical weapons program.
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