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The Authoritarian Risks of AI Surveillance
AI-powered surveillance facilitates authoritarianism across the globe. Here’s how courts and lawmakers could stop it from happening here. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, May 2
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Oral Argument Summary: CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd.
The question at issue: whether a foreign sovereign must have minimum contacts with the U.S. before a court can assert personal jurisdiction over it. -
Lawfare Daily: The Crisis in Kashmir
Discussing the recent India-Pakistan conflict. -
Secretary Hegseth Ends WPS Program Despite Joint Staff Support
A Joint Staff memorandum reviewed by Lawfare casts doubt on Secretary Hegseth’s claim that troops “hate” implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act. -
ChinaTalk: Will Everyone Get Nukes Now?
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Border Militarization Blurs the Distinction Between ‘Policing’ Immigration and ‘Combating’ Immigrants
NSPM-4, President Trump’s order on the military’s “mission for sealing the Southern Border,” obscures the fine-grained limits that ought to clearly and unambiguously regulate lethal force. -
Can the U.S. Government Compel States to Enforce Immigration Law?
Trump’s efforts to force state cooperation on immigration raise pressing questions about the constitutional limits of federal authority. -
Lawfare Daily: Andrew Bakaj on Whistleblowing and DOGE’s Activities at the NLRB
Discussing the declaration from a NLRB whistleblower. -
Rational Security: The “Keeping It 100” Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Reynolds, and James Pearce talked through the week’s big national security news. -
The Judge Dugan Case Is More Complicated Than It Seems
Some see the prosecution of the Wisconsin circuit court judge as vindicating the rule of law, and others as an attack on it. They’re both wrong. -
Securing Tomorrow: Why America Needs an AI Education Corps
An AI Education Corps can gird the U.S. public against AI threats while empowering them to contribute to AI innovation. -
Trump Signs Order ‘Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement’
The executive order directs the attorney general to “maximize the use of federal resources,” including “military and national security assets,” to “aggressively police crime.” -
Lawfare Daily: The President, Congress, and the Power of the Purse
Discussing "Appropriations Presidentialism" -
Unpacking Trump’s Attack on Federal Sector Unions
The president’s efforts to decimate civil servant unions rest on a legally dubious argument. -
The Situation: Ignorant Dilettantes Give Up on Ukraine
There is a point at which ignorant dilettantism becomes a form of cruelty. Trump passed it long ago in Ukraine. -
Our Reporter’s Notes on the April 23 WilmerHale Hearing
Judge Richard Leon appeared likely to find President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm unconstitutional in toto. -
Oral Argument Summary: Supreme Court Hears Gun Manufacturer Liability Case
The question at issue: whether U.S. firearms manufacturers can be held liable when Mexican cartels illegally purchase and violently use their firearms. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, April 25
Listen to the April 25 livestream. -
On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ
A new court filing reveals the most compelling evidence yet that the government has been spinning a fiction about DOGE in federal court.
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Trump Offers First Legal Justification for Venezuela Boat Strike
The 48-hour War Powers report claims the president acted on the basis of his Article II authority as an act of “self-defense.” -
Did the President’s Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law?
By applying the tools of war to civilians, the Trump administration is entering unprecedented—and deeply problematic—legal territory.