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How Congress Can Shape America’s Use of Economic Sanctions
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What Has Congress Been Doing on Section 230?
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Judge Dugan, Charlie Chaplin, and the Claim of Judicial Immunity From Criminal Prosecution
The Wisconsin circuit court judge’s recent judicial immunity claim lacks merit, though she may find some support in the dubious prosecution of the famous actor. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, May 28
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Luigi Mangione and the Making of a ‘Terrorist’
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Lawfare Daily: The Public Integrity Section, Threats, and Criminal Contempt with John Keller
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Is This the End of the Kurdish Insurgency in Turkey?
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 22
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The Situation: Thanks but No Thanks
I really don’t need this sort of defense from antisemitism. -
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ChinaTalk: MAGA-Mao Connections with Orville Schell
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Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Pardon
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Telegram Is Cooperating with Authorities, for Now
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Judges Shouldn’t Rely on AI for the Ordinary Meaning of Text
Large language models are inherently shaped by private interests, making them unreliable arbiters of language. -
Rational Security: The “Bridle and Groomed” Edition
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Afghanistan’s Critical Minerals Aren’t a Great Investment
Geographic and geopolitical obstacles, deficient financial and legal infrastructure, and other impediments make Western exploitation unwise.
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“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
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