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Congress Should Staff Up the Office of Foreign Assets Control
Those familiar with the hard work done by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are likely to agree that this small agency with a big responsibility for implementing U.S. sanctions deserves more mo... -
The Role of Deference in Adjudicating the Military Transgender Policy, DACA and the Census
On March 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued two concurring opinions in an earlier per curiam ruling that had vacated a district court injunction against the military’s restrictions ... -
Is Section 215 No Longer Worth the Effort?
Last week, reports surfaced from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal that the NSA may be shutting down the Section 215 program accessing domestic call detail records (CDRs). -
How Securities Law Can Help the U.S. Counter INSTEX
On Jan. 31, the governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom formally announced the establishment of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), a Special Purpose Vehicle dedicated to... -
Trump’s Domestic Countering Violent Extremism Policies Look a Lot Like Obama’s
Editor’s Note: Programs to counter violent extremism seemed under siege in the early days of the Trump administration, with officials questioning their focus and very purpose. Seamus Hughes and Haroro J.... -
The Lawfare Podcast: War Powers History You Never Knew with Matt Waxman
For the past year, Matthew Waxman has been writing a series of vignettes on Lawfare about interesting—and usually overlooked—historical episodes of American constitutional war powers in action, and relat... -
Transgender Service Ban Nears Implementation
Note: The Defense Department has issued a directive implementing the department's policy, effective April 12, 2019. -
Remembering Eisenhower’s Middle East Force Resolution
On this date in 1957, President Eisenhower signed into law perhaps the most open-ended force resolution in American history. It was never directly invoked, and it remains formally on the books to this da... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Craig Forcese discussed Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s legal battle in Canada over extradition to the United States, and Quinta Jurecic shared Huawei’s lawsuit against the United States. -
The National Security Law Podcast: 702 is to Madison as 215 is to Hamilton
So much to debate, so little time! Tune in as we plow through a host of recent (and not-so-recent) events in the world of national security law: -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Chinese telecom giant Huawei sued the U.S. government in Texas federal court on Thursday, reports NPR. The suit alleges that the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) violates the bill of attain... -
What Does North Macedonia’s Name Change Have to Do with NATO?
The former Republic of Macedonia recently changed its official name to the Northern Republic of Macedonia (or, herein, North Macedonia).
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