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Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
The Rule of Law and Major Questions Within Article III
Lower courts’ insistence that the Supreme Court be explicit when overruling precedent is an issue of intra-judicial politics, not the rule of law. -
Lawfare Daily: Prosecuting Terrorism and the Pursuit of Justice, with Jake Tapper
Discussing the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of al-Qaeda operative Spin Ghul. -
‘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
Listen to the Friday livestream as a podcast. -
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
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
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.
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Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention
The convention, which just opened for signature, is substantively similar to the Budapest Convention, but it is procedurally different, and that may make all the difference. -
Worried About AI Monopoly? Embrace Copyright’s Limits
Copyright’s limits play essential antimonopoly functions. Undermining them in the context of AI is likely to strengthen Big Tech. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 24
Listen to the Oct. 24 livestream as a podcast.
