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The Lawfare Podcast: About That Border Wall
President Trump kicked off the first foreign policy crisis of his new administration by signing an executive order mandating the construction of the much-promised border wall with Mexico, resulting in as... -
Habeas Petition Challenges Refugee Executive Order as Unconstitutional
Two Iraqi refugees detained at JFK International Airport have filed a habeas petition challenging President Trump's executive order restricting refugee and immigrant entry into the United States as uncon... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
President Trump started out his presidency by giving a speech at the CIA’s headquarters. Quinta Jurecic flagged the video and transcript of Trump’s speech and the various reactions to it, and Benjamin Wi... -
Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas
The malevolence of President Trump’s Executive Order on visas and refugees is mitigated chiefly—and perhaps only—by the astonishing incompetence of its drafting and construction. -
Executive Order on "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States"
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order restricting the entry of refugees and immigrants into the United States. The document is also available here, though as of yet it has not been posted ... -
The “Interior Security” Executive Order, the Privacy Act, and Privacy Shield
Yesterday’s Executive Order on “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States” triggered alarm among privacy advocates in the U.S. and EU about the continued viability of the economically ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Washington Post chronicles Trump’s actions as he starts to lay the groundwork for the nationalist foreign policy he promised during the campaign and in his inaugural address. -
Trump's Opportunity to Get GTMO Right
Wednesday’s news that the Trump Administration was preparing an executive order addressing the detention and interrogation of enemy combatants, coupled with President Trump’s interview comments that “tor... -
Should the Muslim Brotherhood be Designated a Terrorist Organization?
Certain segments of the American Right have long been spoiling to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization under the material support statute. And now that Donald Trump is pre... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 1/25 Session: The "Broken Arm" Edition
The first 9/11 hearings under the Trump administration lurched forward at Guantanamo on Wednesday, but barely lasted the morning before all public sessions were suspended until March. -
Water Wars: Asia-Pacific Grapples with new American Administration
China, US allies, and other respond to President Trump's first week President Trump signs Executive Order withdrawaing the US from the TPP (Photo: EPA) -
President Trump's Insecure Android
President Trump's continued use of a dangerously insecure, out-of-date Android device should cause real panic.
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