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Scaling Laws: Daniel Kokotajlo on AI 2040: Plan A
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Rational Security: The “Live from Mom’s Basement” Edition
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Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, August 7
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Trafficking in Israel’s War Crimes in a Midtown Manhattan Synagogue
Participation in the promotion of land sales in the occupied Palestinian territories violates the Geneva Conventions and may be a war crime. -
Lawfare Daily: The Court Against the Courts with Steve Vladeck and Kate Klonick
Steve Vladeck discusses his forthcoming Harvard Law Review Foreword, “The Court Against the Courts.” -
A New Research Agenda for AI Constitutionalism
AI constitutionalism is too important to leave to the labs. Here are the questions scholars should take up. -
Immigration as a Test Case for Executive AI Governance
DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. -
Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn’t Tell Anyone.
A halt in Grokipedia’s edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content. -
Lawfare Daily: The Rise of the Military-Technology Complex with Bernice Yeung
How do Silicon Valley and the Pentagon influence each other? -
After Chatrie, the Real Fight Over Digital Privacy Is Just Beginning
Without legislation, the geofence warrant ruling risks becoming a high-water mark rather than a floor for digital privacy. -
The Case Against the Proposed Chip Security Act in Taiwan
A proposed Taiwanese law would draw lawmakers beyond their representative role and into direct involvement in private investment decisions. -
Scaling Laws: DZ Kalman on the Role of Faith in AI Policy
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Lawfare Daily: Ukraine, Iran, Taiwan, and the Short War Illusion
Dispelling the "Short War Illusion." -
Dispatch: Setting Up Secret Courts
The first public hearing of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its stumbles. -
If AI Outputs Aren’t Speech, Who Has to Prove They’re Human?
Denying First Amendment protection to AI outputs sounds like a rule about machines. In practice it could burden human speech online. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31
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The Week That Was
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How Trump v. Slaughter Strengthens the Case for Third-Party AI Regulation
The recent decision takes off the table one of the most popular proposals for AI governance: an independent federal agency, free from a president’s whims. -
Rational Security: The “Hugging Ukraine” Edition
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War, Race, and America’s Values
A review of Wil Haygood, “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2026)
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9/11’s Legacy of Torture
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough
Twenty-five years since 9/11, tech and political shifts have increasingly pitted mass surveillance against constitutional rights. -
The 25th Anniversary of the 2001 AUMF
It’s not terribly important today.
