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Livestream: HPSCI Hearing on Counterintelligence Implications of Mueller Report
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will host a hearing entitled "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Counterintelligence Implications of Volume 1" at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. A video of the h... -
Water Wars: U.S.-China Divide at Shangri-La
The Shangri-La Dialogue, the highest profile annual security forum in Asia, was held from May 31 to June 2 in Singapore. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered an opening speech that receiv... -
OLC Releases Opinion on Executive Branch Counsel for Officials Subject to Congressional Subpoena
The Justice Department disclosed an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) stating that it is unconstitutional for Congress to prohibit executive branch lawyers from accompanying witnesses who ar... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was a CIA source, the Wall Street Journal reports. He was assassinated in February 2017 while on a trip to Malaysia, during which time he al... -
Wishful Nationalism
PDF Version. A review of Yael Tamir, “Why Nationalism” (Princeton University Press, 2019) *** -
YouTube’s Bad Week and the Limitations of Laboratories of Online Governance
The techlash has well and truly arrived on YouTube’s doorstep. On June 3, the New York Times reported on research showing that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm serves up videos of young people to viewe... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Nate Persily and Alex Stamos on Securing American Elections
More than two years after the 2016 presidential election, new information continues to seep into the public about the extent of Russia's sweeping and systematic efforts to interfere in the U.S. democrati... -
Can Congress Fine Federal Officials Under Its Contempt Power?
The current tug of war between the executive branch and Congress has revived interest in the exact scope of congressional investigative power. On May 6, the House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend t... -
Trump Legal Team Files Brief in Mazars Appeal
The legal team on behalf of President Trump and the Trump Organization has filed a brief in the case of Trump v. Mazars USA, in which Trump, in his personal capacity, is seeking to block a subpoena of hi... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: 'Call Me a Fascist Again and I’ll Get the Government to Shut You up. Worldwide.'
We kick off Episode 267 with Gus Hurwitz reading the runes to see whether a 50-year Chicago winter for antitrust plaintiffs is finally thawing in Silicon Valley. Gus thinks the predictions of global anti... -
Reviewing the Facts on Trump’s Proposed Pardons in Military Justice Cases
In the runup to Memorial Day, numerous writers denounced President Trump’s purported plans to grant clemency to several U.S. service members accused or convicted of war-zone offenses. -
Ken Cuccinelli and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998
The last time I wrote about the Trump administration’s abuse of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) of 1998, I opened with Yogi Berra’s famous quip that “it’s like déjà vu all over again
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