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Fleeing to the Oceans
PDF Version. A review of Jeffrey S. Kahn, "Islands of Sovereignty: Haitian Migration and the Borders of Empire" (University of Chicago Press, 2019) *** -
Canada’s Foreign Policy Election
The next Canadian federal election, which will largely pit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party against Andrew Scheer’s Conservative Party, is set to take place on Oct. 21. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Congress, Congress, and More Congress with Margaret Taylor and Molly Reynolds
The action has shifted to Congress, the Mueller report is filed, and a blizzard of subpoena fights between the White House and various congressional committees is already underway. The president has sued... -
National Injunction Ordered for Trump Third Country Asylum Rule
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has reinstated a nationwide ban on a Trump administration rule barring people at the southern border from seeking asylum unless they had pr... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Bankrupting National Security?
Camille Stewart talks about a little-known national security risk: China’s propensity to acquire U.S. technology through the bankruptcy courts and the many ways in which the bankruptcy system isn’t set ... -
Matteo Salvini Is Out But Not Down
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
The Week That Will Be
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had canceled what were previously secret arrangements to meet with the Taliban and Afghan government at Camp David. The New York Times details how... -
House Judiciary Proposed Procedures for Impeachment Investigation
The House Judiciary Committee has released a resolution presenting proposed investigative procedures for an impeachment investigation of President Trump. The document is available here and below. -
How to End Forever Wars
If the House of Representatives wished to resurrect the appropriations power as a check on unwanted presidential war-making, how might it go about doing so? -
Al-Qaeda’s Continuing Challenge to the United States
Editor’s Note: To the surprise of many observers, the al-Qaeda core under Ayman al-Zawahiri has not launched a major terrorist attack in the West for years, and the rise of the Islamic State seemed to si... -
Congress Can't Turn to Courts to Enforce Information Requests, Trump Argues
In a motion to dismiss filed in House Committee on Ways and Means v. Treasury Department, the Justice Department and President Trump's personal counsel argue that Congress cannot turn to the courts for a...
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