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Defusing the Iran-Saudi Powder Keg
Editor’s Note: The Iran-Saudi rivalry has fostered instability throughout the Middle East, with neither side likely to emerge triumphant. This rivalry increases bloodshed in the region and hinders U.S. a... -
Analysis of IRAP v. Trump Part I: The Fourth Circuit’s Reliance on Pre- and Post-Inauguration Statements
Reading the Fourth Circuit’s en banc opinion in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, one would think the court’s analysis amounts to routine application of well-settled precedent. But a clo... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bob Bauer on Trump and the White House Counsel
Amidst the hurricane of news coming out of the White House in recent weeks, one question has surfaced again and again: why isn't White House Counsel Don McGahn stopping Donald Trump from doing all this? ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Once again, Lawfare has reached the end of an exhausting week. Andrew Kent kicked off the week with a study of what issues fall under newly-appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s jurisdiction in the ... -
Washington Post Reports Jared Kushner Sought Secret Communications Channel with Kremlin
The Washington Post is now reporting that Russian ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak communicated to Moscow that Jared Kushner had approached him in hopes of establishing a secret communicati... -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Executive Branch’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Week in Court
It has only been a few days since Episode 19, but Steve and Bobby are worried that fellow national security law geeks won’t have enough @nslpodcast to enjoy during long Memorial Day Weekend roadtrips. ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Donald Trump’s appearance at a NATO summit yesterday was “tense” and rife with palpable discord, the New York Times writes. -
The Fourth Circuit and the Refugee EO: Establishing Confusion
The Establishment Clause took center stage in Monday’s 10-3 Fourth Circuit decision in International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) v. Trump upholding a Maryland district court’s preliminary injuncti... -
Fourth Circuit Upholds Injunction on Trump’s Travel Ban in IRAP v. Trump: A Summary
Yesterday, in a highly anticipated 10-3 decision in International Refugee Assistance Program v. Trump, the U.S. -
Water Wars: Fighters, Flights, and Perhaps a FONOP
The Trump Administration Appears to Conduct its First Freedom of Navigation Exercises in the South China Sea Days After American and Chinese Aircraft Tangle Overheard -
Counterintelligence Investigations and the Special Counsel’s Mandate: Part I
Ever since Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a Special Counsel to investigate allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, commentators h... -
The Fourth Circuit Remands Wikimedia’s Suit Against the NSA Back to District Court
In March of 2015, the Wikimedia foundation joined together with eight other non-profits in a challenge to NSA’s “mass surveillance” program. This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit pe...
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