Lawfare No Bull: Anthropic v. Hegseth and DOD at the D.C. Circuit
Today on Lawfare No Bull: On May 19, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Anthropic’s lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Department of Defense for its designation of the AI company as a supply chain risk. Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Gregory Katsas, and Neomi Rao questioned counsel for both parties on if the D.C. Circuit has the authority to review the Pentagon’s designation decisions, the conceptual difficulty of delivering a static ruling for a technology whose capabilities and risks are rapidly changing, and more.
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Marissa Wang is the Spring 2026 editorial intern at Lawfare. She studies government, business, and Spanish at Georgetown University.
