Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, July 11
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Public Opinion Won’t Protect the Courts
Many Americans think public opinion will protect the judiciary from executive overreach. Evidence from other democracies suggests otherwise.
Lessons From 1955: A Framework for Navigating Technological Change
A 1955 congressional report on automation offers a blueprint for AI governance: Focus on economic growth, human development, and adaptation.
The Situation: On The Resignation of Michael Feinberg
Who is accountable for this?
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War and Responsibility: Why the U.S. Doesn’t Have an Imperial Presidency
In an unexpected way, ambition counteracts ambition.
The FBI’s Dangerous Failure to Adapt to the Digital Age
U.S. adversaries are exploiting technology to expose FBI operations, revealing the Bureau’s failure to respond to a networked world.
Highlights
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Public Opinion Won’t Protect the Courts
Many Americans think public opinion will protect the judiciary from executive overreach. Evidence from other democracies suggests otherwise. -
Lessons From 1955: A Framework for Navigating Technological Change
A 1955 congressional report on automation offers a blueprint for AI governance: Focus on economic growth, human development, and adaptation. -
The Situation: On The Resignation of Michael Feinberg
Who is accountable for this? -
War and Responsibility: Why the U.S. Doesn’t Have an Imperial Presidency
In an unexpected way, ambition counteracts ambition. -
The FBI’s Dangerous Failure to Adapt to the Digital Age
U.S. adversaries are exploiting technology to expose FBI operations, revealing the Bureau’s failure to respond to a networked world. -
A Better Way to Talk About Risk
Defense planners are prepared to accept risk to deter China, but what does that mean for counterterrorism? -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Why Iran Is a Scaredy Cat Cyber Chicken
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
The Government’s Astonishing Constitutional Claims on TikTok
The Justice Department is advancing a radical theory of presidential power, nullifying Congress’s foreign affairs powers whenever the president finds them inconvenient. -
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI. -
Badges of Honor?
A review of Jessica Pishko, “The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy” (Dutton, 2024) and Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, “The Power of the Badge: Sherif... -
The Situation: Some Things That Have Happened
An incomplete list. -
Lawfare Presents: Scaling Laws
A new podcast to make sense of the AI revolution. -
How Ukraine Is Challenging Russia in Africa and the Middle East
Both diplomatically and militarily, Ukraine is opening up new fronts against Russia around the world. -
Trump Is Undermining Policies Against Transnational Repression
The Biden administration made policies to protect exiles and diasporas a priority. Trump 2.0 has already undercut these efforts.
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What's Old Is New Again
With every new administration comes new promises and new actions on national security. But what’s “new” has often been proposed or even tried before—which means there’s a good chance Lawfare has already analyzed some of the legal and policy implications they present. So we’re making that past content readily accessible as it becomes newly relevant.
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A Primer on the Civil Service and the Trump Administration
The broad discretion afforded to presidents to shape personnel policy poses a threat to the civil service during the Trump administration. -
Immigration Is Not Invasion
Texas’s argument equating the two goes against the text and original meaning of the Constitution, and would set a dangerous precedent if courts accept it. -
What Congress Has Done—and What It Still Needs to Do—to Protect NATO
Congress has barred the president from exiting NATO unilaterally. But someone still needs to enforce it.
Documents
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Justice Department Releases Letters Concerning PAFACAA Enforcement
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SCOTUS Grants Government Partial Stay in Birthright Citizenship Case
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White House Releases Letter Notifying Congress of Iran Strikes
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Trump Issues Full or Partial Travel Ban for 19 Countries
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White House Releases Memo Directing Investigation Into Biden Admin
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Trump Issues Proclamation to ‘Address Risks at Harvard University’
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New Facts About the RDI Program and the Treatment of a 9/11 Defendant
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Trump Signs Order ‘Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement’
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Lawfare Daily: Michael Feinberg on Leaving the FBI
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Lawfare Daily: The Offensive Cyber Industry and U.S.-China Relations with Winnona Bernsen
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Lawfare Daily: Teun Janssen on Ukraine and a Big Europe
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