Latest in Highlights
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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
Listen to the July 31 livestream as a podcast. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
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
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Tyler McBrien, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Kevin Frazier talked through a couple of the week’s big national security news stories. -
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) -
Scaling Laws, Founders & Founders: Laura Davis of USLege


