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Matthew Whitaker's Appointment as Acting Attorney General: Three Lingering Questions
Is Whitaker’s appointment constitutional? Does the president have authority in this case to make an appointment under the FVRA? Does Whitaker have any recusal obligations related to the special counsel’s... -
Jaworski’s Road Map May Not Guide Mueller
Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski’s report to the House of Representatives hastened the impeachment of President Nixon in 1974. Now that Jaworski’s “road map” has been made public, after 44 years under ju... -
Jeff Sessions’s Firing, Matthew Whitaker’s Rise and the Attorney General’s Role In the Mueller Investigation
The acting attorney general’s past statements about the Russia probe raise genuine concerns about his service overseeing it. -
The Lawfare Podcast, Special Edition: Sessions is Out!
President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions today and replaced him on an interim basis with the attorney general’s own chief of staff, a man named Matt Whitaker. Whitaker has made repeated publi... -
Rational Security: The 'Blue Sessions' Edition
President Trump asks for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ resignation. And Democrats retake the House, while Republicans expand their majority in the Senate. -
Document: OLC Opinion on Airstrikes Against the Islamic State
The Department of Justice has released a 2014 Office of Legal Counsel opinion approving airstrikes against the Islamic State under the president's Article II authority as commander-in-chief. The memo is ... -
Document: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resignation Letter
On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions submitted his resignation, effective immediately, at the request of President Trump. Media reports say Matthew Whitaker, Session’s chief of staff, will take o... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A Facebook executive admitted on Monday that the company failed to prevent the platform from being used to “foment division and incite offline violence” in Myanmar, says the New York Times. The company p... -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Deepest Dive: Surveillance, Section 702 and Section 215
This week we’ve got the concluding episode in our trilogy of deep dives exploring the history and evolution of our foreign-intelligence collection legal architecture (see here and here for the two earlie... -
Facebook’s Role in Myanmar: New Report Puts the Company on Notice
Most Americans were likely distracted with the looming midterm election on the evening of Nov. 5 when Facebook published a lengthy report assessing the effect of the company’s presence in Myanmar. -
‘Sanctions Are Coming,’ But Trump Has No Achievable End Game for Iran
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
How Might a Democratic Congress Improve Counterterrorism and Middle East Policy
The power balance in Washington has shifted at least a little now that the Democrats have won the House. In addition to being able to pass legislation and shape the budget, Democrats now have the power t...
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