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‘Slaughter’-ing Humphrey’s Executor
The Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn long-standing precedent that protects independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter. -
Rational Security: The “Don’t Upset the Masks” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Kate Klonick, and Molly Roberts talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
Authoritarian Soft Power
A review of Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis, “Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2025). -
Lawfare Daily: Serhii Plokhii on the History of the Nuclear Arms Race
Discussing nuclear proliferation and international efforts to tame it. -
The Situation: Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism
The Washington Post editorial on the Comey indictment was a failure of moral reasoning. -
Israel, Qatar, and the Limits of Self-Defense
Israel’s airstrike in Doha, which was a serious violation of international law, risks normalizing preventive war under Article 51. -
Scaling Laws: AI and Energy: What do we know? What are we learning?
Discussing the energy costs of artificial intelligence. -
Keep the National Counterterrorism Center’s Focus Off of Americans
NCTC should not compile and disseminate Americans’ information in the name of fighting domestic terrorism. -
Lawfare Daily: How Technologists Can Help Regulators with Erie Meyer and Laura Edelson
What tasks are technologists best-suited to help regulators with? -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 10
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The United States Has Always Prepared to Fight a Space War
International law and U.S. policy leave room for pragmatic security policy. -
Abrego Garcia v. Noem: A Hearing Diary, Oct. 10
A live-blog of the evidentiary hearing on whether Abrego is being unlawfully detained for punitive and political reasons. -
The Week That Was
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Lawfare No Bull: Attorney General Pam Bondi Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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The Justice Department’s Dangerously Weak Case Against Letitia James
Lindsey Halligan didn't have a strong case against Letitia James. She indicted her anyway. -
The Trump Administration Pushes the Hatch Act to Its Limits
But whether those boundaries have been breached may not matter in the end. -
Clop is a Big Fish, But Not Worth Hunting
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
The Situation: Three Thoughts on the Comey Arraignment
I’ve never seen an arraignment hearing quite like this one. -
NY Attorney General Letitia James Indicted in Eastern District of Virginia
The charges came two weeks after Lindsey Halligan indicted James Comey, following the forced removal of her predecessor for declining to do so. -
How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe
Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe and effective capabilities.
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The Situation: My First Waymo
I took a ride to Palo Alto in a Jaguar with a robot driver. -
Hearing Dispatch: NPR Fights Trump on the First Amendment
The plaintiffs argue the government is disfavoring speech it disagrees with. The government barely disputes that.
