Anthropic has given its AI the right to end conversations when it is “distressed.” But doing so could be akin to unintended suicide.

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

The presumption of innocence is never stronger than when you know the prosecutors are playing dirty at White House direction.

New proposals would swap Russian cash in Europe for bonds without disturbing Russia’s legal interest in the final amount.

Lower courts’ insistence that the Supreme Court be explicit when overruling precedent is an issue of intra-judicial politics, not the rule of law.

The Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn long-standing precedent that protects independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter.

A review of Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis, “Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2025).

The Washington Post editorial on the Comey indictment was a failure of moral reasoning.

Israel’s airstrike in Doha, which was a serious violation of international law, risks normalizing preventive war under Article 51.

NCTC should not compile and disseminate Americans’ information in the name of fighting domestic terrorism.

International law and U.S. policy leave room for pragmatic security policy.

A live-blog of the evidentiary hearing on whether Abrego is being unlawfully detained for punitive and political reasons.