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How the U.S. Government Built the Largest System of Prior Restraint in U.S. History
The limited and informal system in place at the time of Snepp metastasized into a massive system restraining the speech of millions. -
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The Lawfare Podcast: Another ISIS Leader Killed
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As Part of Electoral Count Act Reform, Liberals Should Learn to Love Bush v. Gore
Democrats in Congress should not let their overlooking of existing federal-court authority, or their displeasure with the result in Bush v. Gore, impede the current effort at bipartisan ECA reform. -
Lost In Translation: Language Gaps in Social Media Labels
Platforms often fail to make warning labels accessible to users who do not speak English. -
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The Lawfare Podcast: Is Block Party the Future of Content Moderation?
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Chatter: The Olympics, Politics, and Security with Ethan Scheiner
This week, David Priess speak with professor and writer Ethan Scheiner about the history of the Olympic games, the many political controversies in and around the games since 1896, and the security challe... -
Livestream: President Biden Announces Killing of Islamic State Leader in Counterterrorism Operation
On Feb. 3, President Biden announced that U.S. forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation that killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State. -
The National Security Law Podcast: What Month Is This Anyway?
The latest episode of The National Security Law Podcast. -
The Open Data Market and Risks to National Security
Rather than focusing on single vectors of data collection and transmission, the U.S. government must respond comprehensively to the many vectors of data collection, aggregation, buying, selling and shari... -
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Water Wars: Japan Focused on Defense Expansion, while U.S. Makes a Soft-Power Push
Japan boosts defense spending and emphasizes defense cooperation with the U.S. and Australia as the possibility of a Taiwan emergency grows, while the U.S. makes an economic push in Southeast Asia, and c... -
The Flawed Claims About Bias in Facial Recognition
Recent improvements in face recognition show that disparities previously chalked up to bias are largely the result of a couple of technical issues. -
The Lawfare Podcast: YouTube Influencers and the Chinese Government
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Rational Security 2.0: The ‘Wet February’ Edition
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What’s ‘Politicizing’ the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Chinese officials claim the U.S. diplomatic boycott is politicizing the games, but the Olympics have always been political. -
Shadow Sanctions for Immigration Violations
Although the INA strictly imposes deportation for all immigration offenses, immigration law does not, in practice, have only one penalty—but these sanctions are imposed arbitrarily and in the shadows of ... -
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Specters of Fear and Executive Power
A review of David M. Driesen, “The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power” (Stanford University Press, 2021).
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The Maritime Origins of Judicial Review
A review of Kevin Arlyck, “The Nation at Sea: The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789-1825” (Cambridge University Press, 2025). -
Colombia’s Transitional Justice Was Built to Survive de la Espriella
It is a global model for its domestic, not international, legal origins. Future peace may be the real cost of de la Espriella’s attacks.
