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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Blockchain Takes Over the Podcast
Episode 167 sees blockchain take over the podcast again. With Stewart traveling, Alan Cohn hosts another of the podcast’s periodic deep dives into all things blockchain and digital currency. Our guest ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
In Russia investigation news, Helen Murillo and Benjamin Wittes analyzed whether an FBI investigation counts as a “pending proceeding” for the purpose of obstruction of justice laws. Aditya Bamzai wrote ... -
Analysis of IRAP v. Trump Part V: Judge Shedd and Judge Agee’s Dissents, and the Government’s Petitions for Certiorari and Applications for Stay
This is the final part of a five-part series on the Fourth Circuit’s recent en banc decision in IRAP v. Trump. Part I analyzed how the court considered pre- and post-inauguration statements. Part II anal... -
Analysis of IRAP v. Trump Part IV: Judge Niemeyer’s Dissent
This post is the fourth part of a five-part series on the Fourth Circuit’s recent en banc decision in IRAP v. Trump. Part I analyzed how the court considered pre- and post-inauguration statements. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Current and former heads of state and business executives spoke out against President Trump’s decision yesterday to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Former President Barack Obama, Canadian Prim... -
Does an FBI Investigation Qualify Under the Obstruction of Justice Statutes? A Closer Look
There’s been a lot of talk of obstruction of justice of late, and we’ve been part of it. -
Nuclear Energy, Climate Change and Security Threats
In the middle of the last century, Dr. Murdock Head, a George Washington University professor, acquired an old manor house and farm known as Airlie outside the nation’s capital. Dr. Head wanted to create... -
An Important Russian Hacking Story
Since January there's been a steady drumbeat on the connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian hacking. Lost in the noise—and there's been plenty of it—is the serious threat that such hacks p... -
A New Jurisprudence for an Oathless Presidency
As the litigation over the travel ban has developed, the debate over the legality of the policy increasingly hinges on whether the judiciary can permissibly consider off-the-cuff statements made by Trump... -
Nationalism Canons
As connoisseurs of Schadenfreude, I'm sure we all look forward to that fateful day when a phalanx of Trump-appointed judges will confront a Democratic president and administration, like the Spartan immor... -
The USA FREEDOM Act Turns Two
Today marks two years since enactment of the bipartisan USA FREEDOM Act (USAF), the first major government surveillance reform legislation in decades, and a lot has happened in the law's short life. Most... -
Water Wars: China, China Everywhere, Under the Sea and In the Air
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