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The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
ChinaTalk: Ezra, Derek, and Dan Wang on Abundance and China
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Call for Papers: The University of Texas at Austin Announces the 2025 "Bobby R. Inman Award" for Student Scholarship on Intelligence
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Tracing the Origins of a ‘New American Surveillance State’
A review of Byron Tau, "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" (Crown, 2024). -
Legal Challenges Mount Against Renewed U.S. Sanctions on the ICC
Three lawsuits challenging EO 14203 raise important constitutional and statutory claims with far-reaching implications for U.S. engagement with international justice institutions. -
1,000 AI Bills: Time for Congress to Get Serious About Preemption
If this growing patchwork of parochial regulatory policies takes root, it could undermine U.S. AI innovation. -
It's Like Signal, but Dumb
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Lawfare Daily: Ben Brooks on the Rise of Open Source AI
What are the ramifications of the shift to open source AI? -
Pam Bondi Thinks Trump Saved Your Life
Evaluating the dizzying math behind the attorney general’s fentanyl claims. -
Our Reporters’ Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case
The judge seemed receptive to a class action on behalf of aliens sent to CECOT under President Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation. -
From Budapest to Hanoi: Comparing the COE and UN Cybercrime Conventions
Will the U.S. government sign on to the new and controversial UN Cybercrime Convention? -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, May 9
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump.



