Latest in Highlights
Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With 
-
Opening Statements from State Dept. Ukraine Experts
Two State Department foreign service officers, Catherine M. Croft and Christopher J. Anderson, will appear before the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday. They will report that President Trump held a ... -
The Strategic Underpinning—and the Limits—of the Republican ‘Due Process’ Defense of Donald Trump
Impeachment is both a political and a legal process. It is not unconstrained by precedent, nor is it controlled by it. In the course of impeachment, legislators may be guided by a sense of constitutional... -
How Facebook Can Use International Law in Content Moderation
Speaking at Georgetown University on Oct. 17, Mark Zuckerberg said what many did not want to hear: Facebook would not be doing more to restrict “bad” speech. -
Brexit Endgame: Parliament Agrees to December Elections
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Federal Judge Dismisses Military Commissions Defendant's 8th Amendment Claim
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed claims from a military commissions defendant alleging that he has been denied satisfactory medical care at Gu... -
Congress on U.S. Policy Toward Syria and Turkey: An Overview of Recent Hearings
It has been almost three weeks since the president ordered the precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from northeast Syria. The move allowed the Turkish military and its proxies to swiftly invade the area... -
House Resolution on Impeachment Procedures
The House has released a resolution laying out rules and procedures moving forward with the impeachment inquiry. The resolution directs the Intelligence Committee, in addition to the Committees on Foreig... -
Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Middle East Policy
On Oct. 29, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Administration’s Policy Objectives for a Turbulen... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, is testifying Tuesday before the three House committees handling the impeachment inquiry, reports the New York Times. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Phil Mudd on CIA and Enhanced Interrogations
Philip Mudd is currently a counterterrorism and national security analyst with CNN, but before that, Mudd spent 25 years working at the Central Intelligence Agency, on the NSC staff, and eventually at th... -
What Do Scholars Say About the Impeachment Power?
Then-Rep. Gerald Ford once defined an impeachable offense as “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.” But legal scholars have concluded that ... -
Class Actions and Due Process Relief for Immigration Detainees After Jennings v. Rodriguez
A U.S. district court has limited the ability of immigration detainees to use an important procedural tool to challenge their detention. With the ruling, detainees are restricted in their ability to brin...
Topics
