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The Chicago Tribune informs us that protests erupted outside the White House and in cities around the United States in response to President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning entry of refugees ...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, January 30th at 1:30pm: The U.S. Institute of Peace will host a conversation with Pakistani Opposition Leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on ...
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On January 9th, Reps. Yoder and Polis re-introduced the Email Privacy Act to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) (there is no Senate companion bill yet). ECPA sets forth the rules for...
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The President's new Executive Order on immigration has caused significant confusion at the nation's borders -- and that is an understatement. One of the most controversial and most confusing aspects of ...
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President Trump’s Executive Order severely restricting visa-holders and refugees’ freedom to enter the United States is not only immoral and un-American—it’s also likely to fail on its own terms and lead...
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Consider this a major bureaucratic uprising on the part of career foreign service officers against the President on his executive order on refugees.
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Amidst the whirlwind of executive orders and presidential memoranda that have been in the news, it was easy to miss a purported draft of President Trump’s first executive order (EO) covering cybersecurit...
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As we shared earlier, Lawfare is seeing a dramatic increase in readership. We think this reflects the importance of what we publish and are excited that the national security legal issues we’ve long care...
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The problem with President Trump is that he moves so quickly from quixotic disaster to quixotic disaster that we can lose track of what is happening. Problems flare up in an instant only be overtaken by...
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Our roundup of documents in ongoing litigation related to Trump's executive order has now moved here. This post will no longer be updated.
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I wrote this extended primer on refugee law back in November 2015. For obvious reasons, it is of even greater relevance today. Seemed appropriate to bring it back to the top of the blog.
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Editor’s Note: Programs for countering violent extremism—or CVE, as it is known in the jargon—may be in jeopardy. The incoming administration, in its rhetoric at least, has emphasized "tough" solutions t...
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Earlier today, President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum titled “Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” directing the Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with other senior ...
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has granted an emergency motion to stay the removal of immigrants and refugees detained and prevented from entering the United States as a res...
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Earlier today, President Donald Trump issued NSPM-2, which reorganizes the National Security Council. Every president that comes into office creates a National Security Policy Memorandum to reorganize...
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Unsurprisingly, President Trump’s Executive Order suspending immigrant and refugee entry to the US has set off a firestorm of high-profile reactions. Below are a few notable responses.
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This evening, President Donald Trump released an Executive Order entitled “Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees.” The order revokes and substantially modifies Executive Order 13490, signed b...
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The White House has just released National Security Presidential Memorandum 2 (NSPM-2), which defines the organization and functions of President Trump's National Security Council (NSC) and Homeland Secu...
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President Trump has signed three executive orders on reorganization of the National Security Council, U.S. strategy against ISIS, and ethics commitments by executive branch appointees. The three document...
