China’s Legal Warfare Against Taiwan
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The Legal Framework for Accession
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The case may test just how far national security deference by the courts to the executive can stretch.
Ukraine’s AI Gambit Shows Middle Powers How to Play a Weak Hand
Kyiv is turning battlefield data into strategic leverage. Other countries should take note.
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AI Companies Can’t Regulate Themselves. They Should Regulate Each Other.
Adapting a long-standing institutional model from financial regulation would let the industry write binding safety rules under government oversight.
Racial Animus Claims May Play a Key Role in the TPS Cases
In the Temporary Protected Status cases at the High Court, reviewability is disputed. But the equal protection claims will likely survive.
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China’s Legal Warfare Against Taiwan
Allied contingency planning can’t wait. -
The Legal Framework for Accession
A guide to the treaties, acts of Congress, and legal precedents that define how new entities join the United States. -
What Does the Correspondents Dinner Have to Do With Trump’s Ballroom Project?
The case may test just how far national security deference by the courts to the executive can stretch. -
Ukraine’s AI Gambit Shows Middle Powers How to Play a Weak Hand
Kyiv is turning battlefield data into strategic leverage. Other countries should take note. -
Lawfare No Bull: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on the Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants
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AI Companies Can’t Regulate Themselves. They Should Regulate Each Other.
Adapting a long-standing institutional model from financial regulation would let the industry write binding safety rules under government oversight. -
Racial Animus Claims May Play a Key Role in the TPS Cases
In the Temporary Protected Status cases at the High Court, reviewability is disputed. But the equal protection claims will likely survive. -
The Homeland Security Shutdown and the Power of the Purse
How the executive blunts congressional leverage. -
Oral Argument Preview: When Are Companies Liable for Aiding Human Rights Abuses?
A preview of arguments presented by petitioners, respondents, the U.S., and amici in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe as the case heads to the Supreme Court. -
The Grand Conspiracy’s New Prosecutor May Be the Case’s Biggest Liability
Former Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is one of the most vocal proponents of a conspiracy theory that he is now in charge of investigating. -
Trump’s New Tariffs Expand the Boundaries of Section 232
Changes to metals tariffs and new pharmaceutical tariffs for companies that haven’t struck deals with Trump push the legal limit. -
Reframing the Conversation on Climate Intervention and Security
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The Counterterrorism Toolkit for Cutting the Cartels’ Arms Pipeline
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The Week That Was
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Oral Argument Preview: Chatrie v. United States
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will take up a case on the constitutionality of geofence warrants.
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