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New Resource Page: Litigation Documents on the Appointment of Matthew Whitaker
As Lawfare readers have probably noticed, there has been a fair amount of controversy over Matthew Whitaker's designation as acting attorney general as of late. To keep track of it all, we at Lawfare hav... -
Document: Three Senators Challenge Whitaker Appointment in D.C. Federal District Court
On Monday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie K. Hirono filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia asking a federal judge to decide the legality of Matthe... -
The SEC and Cybersecurity Regulation
American companies are getting hacked, and the Securities and Exchange Commission wants corporate executives to do something about it. According to a White House Council of Economic Advisers report relea... -
Document: Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Memo on Designating an Acting Attorney General
On Nov. 14, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel released a memo defending the legality of President Donald Trump’s Nov. 7 designation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general. Read the... -
Document: State of Maryland Motions for Judge to Decide Whether Whitaker Is Acting Attorney General
On Tuesday, in litigation related to the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the state of Maryland filed a motion to substitute the acting attorney general for fo... -
The D.C. Circuit Considers the Constitutionality of Bob Mueller’s Appointment
The president shouldn’t hold his breath for the court to have any serious objections to the special counsel’s appointment. -
Remembering St. Clair’s Defeat
Today is the anniversary of, by some measures, the U.S. military’s worst battlefield defeat ever. On Nov. 4, 1791, U.S. military forces, under the command of Northwest Territory Governor and U.S. General... -
Shedding Light on the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018
President Donald Trump quietly signed the bipartisan Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into law on Oct. 3. Described as a “carefully balanced approach to better ensure victims’ access to co... -
Summary: Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom
On Sept. 13, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the United Kingdom’s bulk data-collection programs violate human-rights law by failing to incorporate adequate privacy safeguards and ove... -
What’s in the House and Senate Intelligence Authorization Bills for Fiscal 2019?
Every summer in recent decades, the House and the Senate intelligence committees articulate their priorities for the intelligence community for the coming fiscal year in the annual Intelligence Authoriza... -
Brett Kavanaugh’s Internet
When the Supreme Court first encountered the internet, the justices expressed wonder at its potential. “It is ‘no exaggeration to conclude that the content on the Internet is as diverse as human thought... -
Experts Testify on National Security and Executive Power at Fourth Day of Kavanaugh Hearings
During the fourth day of hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, two experts testified on matters that may be of interest to Lawfare readers. Rebecca Ingber, associate profes...
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