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The Situation: The Inanities Continue in the Comey Case
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The Question of Standing in Leaks of Non-‘Salacious’ Data
When driver’s license numbers surface online after a data breach, their owners have standing to sue—at least in the Fourth Circuit. -
AI-Powered Espionage Will Favor China
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Lawfare Daily: The New U.N. Security Council Resolution on Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan, with Amb. Jeffrey Feltman and Joel Braunold
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The Law Allowing Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches Is Worse Than You Thought
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Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 21
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Confronting the Protective Power
The president’s theory of constitutional authority to deploy active-duty troops is more dangerous than the government’s briefing suggests. -
Lawfare Daily: All Things Ukrainian Energy with Anastasiia Lapatina
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After Odinga, Kenya at a Crossroads
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Lawfare Live: Discussing Today's Hearing in the James Comey Prosecution
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Rational Security: The "Chicken Fight" Edition
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No, Trump Doesn’t Need Governors’ Consent to Deploy the National Guard
Neither the Constitution nor statutory law give states a veto over the president’s use of the National Guard to execute federal law. -
Lawfare Daily: Emily Hoge on Russian Mobsters at the Front
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The Shutdown Is Over, but Federal Workers Aren’t Out of the Woods
The deal provides some relief for federal employees but doesn’t go far enough to end the administration’s assault on the civil service. -
Ask Us Anything 2025: Lawfare’s Annual Year-End Podcast
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 5
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