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Justice Department Unseals Superseding Indictment in Maduro Case
The four-count indictment includes charges of cocaine trafficking and illegal weapons possession. -
The Law of Deposing Nicolás Maduro
Recent U.S. actions in Venezuela underscore the president’s broad authority to use military force. But threats of a “second wave” may still run up against its limits. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 5
Listen to the Jan. 5 livestream as a podcast. -
The Situation: One Judicial Opinion That Sums Up Everything
Judge Paula Xinis’s opinion last month in the Abrego Garcia case is worth a deeper read. -
‘Me Considero Prisionero de Guerra’: Maduro Arraigned in Federal Court
A dispatch from the Jan. 5 hearing in the Southern District of New York. -
Scaling Laws: Release Schedules and Iterative Deployment with Open AI's Ziad Reslan
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Lawfare Daily: Jan. 6, 2026: Five Years of Congressional Action and Inaction
Reflecting on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. -
The Sde Teiman Crisis and the Assault on Israel’s Rule of Law
The court’s ruling about who can oversee an obstruction of justice investigation into military officials has broad rule-of-law implications. -
House Judiciary Committee Releases Jack Smith Deposition Transcript
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith defended his two criminal cases against Trump in 2022. -
The Chinese Military Is Built for Politics, Not Fighting Wars
China’s military possesses some dangerous weapons, but its ability to outfight the U.S. military is seriously overstated. -
The Key Challenges of Governing Commercial Spyware
Efforts to govern commercial spyware will continue yielding marginal progress unless three key problems are addressed. -
Lawfare Lecture: The Making of the MAGA New Right with Dr. Laura Field, Lecture 2
Watch the second class of the lecture series.


