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Donald Trump’s Pardon Power and the State of Exception
President Trump has been merciful lately. In April, he pardoned Scooter Libby, the former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false stateme... -
Document: Senator Corker Introduces Legislation to Restrict Presidential Authority on National Security Tariffs
On June 6th, Sen. Bob Corker introduced legislation intended to restrict the president's authority to issue national security tariffs. The bill would require the president to receive congressional approv... -
Document: Forced Labor Constitutes Material Support, Board of Immigration Appeals Finds
In a June 6th ruling, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed and remanded the case of a woman appealing an immigration judge's decision to deny her asylum application because of her provision of mate... -
Drone Blowback: Much Ado about Nothing?
Editor’s Note: One of the most common, and seemingly convincing, critiques of the drone program is that it produces "blowback"—each miss that kills civilians, or even each hit that kills a militant, ange... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Soumaya Keynes and Megan Reiss on Trade and National Security Under the Trump Administration
Economic welfare and national security have never been mutually exclusive, but trade has factored into the national security discourse prominently in recent days, with the administration announcing tarif... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Quinta Jurecic kicked off the week by posting two letters sent by the Trump legal team to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June 2017 and January 2018. Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes offered their thoughts ... -
Mueller's Witness Tampering Indictment
A couple of days ago, I expressed some doubt about the strength of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's witness-tampering allegations against Paul Manafort. One question in the back of my mind was implicit—i... -
Document: Superseding Indictment Against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnick
A grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Paul Manafort and his colleague Konstantin Kilimnick. The indictment adds new counts to the previous charges against Manafort and indicts Kilimn... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
An ex-Senate staffer is accused of lying to federal agents in leak investigation, reports the New York Times. A D.C. grand jury indicted James Wolfe, the former director of security for the Senate intell... -
Bits and Bytes: LabMD and Google AI
The FTC Takes a Loss. The Federal Trade Commission has been setting itself up as the regulator of private-sector cybersecurity. That effort took a hit this week when the 11th Circuit ruled that its stand... -
Does Turkey’s Opposition Have a Chance at Beating Erdoğan’s AKP in June?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. After 15 years in government—particularly since a failed coup attempt in July 2016 crowned him with extraordinary executive authority... -
'Riyadhology' and Muhammad bin Salman’s Telltale Succession
Saudi Arabia’s monarchy entered a new era last June when King Salman’s ambitious son Muhammad bin Salman, then just shy of 32, was made crown prince by royal order. MBS, as he is widely known, displaced ...
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