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                      Rational Security: The “Keeping It 100” EditionScott Anderson, Molly Reynolds, and James Pearce talked through the week’s big national security news.
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                      The Judge Dugan Case Is More Complicated Than It SeemsSome see the prosecution of the Wisconsin circuit court judge as vindicating the rule of law, and others as an attack on it. They’re both wrong.
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                      Securing Tomorrow: Why America Needs an AI Education CorpsAn AI Education Corps can gird the U.S. public against AI threats while empowering them to contribute to AI innovation.
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                      Trump Signs Order ‘Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement’The executive order directs the attorney general to “maximize the use of federal resources,” including “military and national security assets,” to “aggressively police crime.”
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                      Our Reporter’s Notes on the April 23 WilmerHale HearingJudge Richard Leon appeared likely to find President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm unconstitutional in toto.
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                      Oral Argument Summary: Supreme Court Hears Gun Manufacturer Liability CaseThe question at issue: whether U.S. firearms manufacturers can be held liable when Mexican cartels illegally purchase and violently use their firearms.
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