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Are Federal Officials Immune From State Prosecution?
Contrary to recent assertions, federal officers do not have blanket immunity from criminal prosecutions brought by states. -
State Prosecutions of Federal Agents and the Presidential Pardon Power
State prosecutions of ICE agents may end up in federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power. -
Lawfare Daily: Seeking Meaning at the Soviet Collapse, with Joseph Kellner
Discussing Kellner's new book, "The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse." -
Rational Security: The “Wea Culpa” Edition
This week, Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Alan Rozenshtein, and Kate Klonick talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
What Europe and Non-Nuclear States Can Do to Reinforce Restraint on Nuclear Testing
The president’s threat to resume tests is the latest erosion of a long-standing norm. -
Lawfare Daily: The Looming Fall of Pokrovsk
Discussing updates in the Russia-Ukraine War. -
The Situation: Where’s the Lie?
The government’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution raises one very big and important question. -
U.S. Military Detention and Transfer in Its Fight Against Cartels
The recent detention and repatriation of two survivors of a U.S. military strike marks another legal evolution in the Trump administration’s claimed armed conflict with drug cartels. -
Lawfare Live, The Now: Tariff Oral Argument at the Supreme Court
On Nov. 5 at 3:30 pm ET join Scott R. Anderson, Peter Harrell, Marty Lederman, and Kathleen Claussen for a live discussion. -
Scaling Laws: Anthropic's Gabriel Nicholas Analyzes AI Agents
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Lessons Learned From the TikTok Saga
I got the law right but the institutions wrong. -
Lawfare Daily: How Social Media Threatens Democracy, with Rick Pildes
Discussing the link between social media and threats to democracy. -
The European Commission’s Rejection of Latombe
The rejection leaves the DPF politically fragile, legally untested at the Court of Justice, and vulnerable to shifts in Washington. -
Offensive Cyber Operations and Combat Effectiveness After Ukraine
Ukraine’s offensive cyber strategy demonstrates that Western governments need to adopt a “responsibly irresponsible” warfighting approach. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 31
Listen to the Oct. 31 livestream as a podcast. -
Why Trump’s Madman Act Doesn’t Work
The administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
The Appellate Void: Trump Could Defy Judges Without Confronting the Supreme Court
By refusing to appeal adverse rulings, a president could defy lower courts while denying higher courts any clear path to intervene. -
The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions
So many motions; so many options for dismissal. -
Peter Williams, Ex-ASD, Pleads Guilty to Selling Eight Exploits to Russia
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
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The Transatlantic Relationship You Knew Is Gone
NATO can be recast, not restored. -
Lawfare Daily: The Military Domestic Deployment Legal Framework: Are the Laws Fit for Purpose?
What are the implications of expanding domestic deployments for civil-military relations? -
Fulton County’s Battle for Ballots: A Primer
The Justice Department now must defend a search warrant built on recycled fraud claims, strained statutory theories, and glaring omissions.
