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Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech
This essay closely examines the effect on free-expression rights when platforms such as Facebook or YouTube silence their users’ speech. The first part describes the often messy blend of government and p... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The White House stepped up pressure against Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolas Maduro, announcing sanctions against the state-owned oil company and granting U.S.-recognized leader Juan Guaidó partial... -
The Cyberlaw Law Podcast: Tomayto, Tomahto: Right to be Forgotten Meets Right to Die
If the surgeon about to operate on you has been disciplined for neglecting patients, wouldn’t you like to know? Well, the mandarins of the European Union privacy lobby beg to differ. Google has been told... -
Livestream: Senate Intelligence Hearing on Worldwide Threats
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Remembering Eisenhower’s Formosa AUMF
On this date in 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a congressional joint resolution authorizing military force to protect Formosa, as Taiwan was then called by the U.S. government, and surrounding ... -
The Week That Will Be
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Document: Indictment of Huawei, Huawei Subsidiaries and CFO Meng Wanzhou
The Justice Department has unsealed a 13-count indictment in the Eastern District of New York charging Chinese telecom giant Huawei, its U.S. and Iranian subsidiaries and its Chief Financial Officer Meng... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
U.S. and Taliban negotiators agreed to the principle of a peace agreement framework which would include a ceasefire and a Taliban promise not to harbor terrorists in exchange for American withdrawal from... -
AMLO’s National Guard: Mexico Still Needs Its Military to Restore Public Safety
In the months since Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (often called “AMLO”), announced the creation of a “national guard” as a core component of his public security strategy, the proposal h... -
Constitutional Issues Relating to the NATO Support Act
President Trump is making noises again about withdrawing the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, which established NATO. Last week the House of Representatives voted 357-22 in support of the NA... -
Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea and Iran: From Transformational to Transactional
Editor’s Note: Iran and North Korea have posed thorny problems for multiple U.S. administrations. The Trump administration, however, is trying a new tack, hoping to transform the regimes and eschewing in... -
Jeffrey Tulis on 'The Rhetorical Presidency' on Steroids
On a flight recently, Benjamin Wittes read a book that knocked his socks off: "The Rhetorical Presidency" by political scientist Jeffrey Tulis. While written in 1987, the book seems to anticipate our cur...
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