Courts & Litigation

Rational Security: The “BANG! POW! SPARKLE!” Edition

Scott R. Anderson Quinta Jurecic Alan Z. Rozenshtein

Jul 6, 2023

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott sat down to talk over the week's post-Independence Day national security news.

District Court Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in Missouri v. Biden

Gia Kokotakis

Jul 5, 2023

Judge Terry A. Doughty restricted parts of the federal government from communicating with social media companies.

The Lawfare Podcast: The Legal Arguments Behind Mike Pence’s January 6 Grand Jury Testimony

Jen Patja Molly E. Reynolds Quinta Jurecic

Jul 5, 2023

What does former Vice President Mike Pence's testimony to a federal grand jury mean for the special counsel's investigation into Jan. 6?

Moore v. Harper Explained

John Sullivan Baker Brandon Broukhim

Jul 3, 2023

The Supreme Court largely rejected the independent state legislature theory, concluding that state courts can review regulations on federal elections.

Don’t Write Off the Southern District of Florida in the Trump Prosecution

Stephanie Pell

Jun 30, 2023

The Southern District of Florida is a district where high-profile cases involving classified information have been successfully prosecuted.

Rational Security: The 'Mutiny in the Kitchen' Edition

Quinta Jurecic Scott R. Anderson Alan Z. Rozenshtein , +1

Jun 29, 2023

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by their colleague and think-tank neighbor, Russia/Ukraine expert Eric Ciaramella, to talk over the week's big news.

The Arraignment That Wasn’t

Anna Bower

Jun 27, 2023

The former president’s “body man” wasn’t arraigned—for a second time. Why?

703 Ways Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Conduct Bears No Resemblance to Hillary Clinton’s Emails

Roger Parloff

Jun 26, 2023

Insisting on similarity is a kind of lie to make Clinton’s conduct look worse than it was, to make Trump’s look more benign than it was, or both at the same time.

Chatter: Covering the January 6th Trials with Roger Parloff

Benjamin Wittes Roger Parloff

Jun 22, 2023

Confusing Judicial Reform With Unleashing Extremism

Michael Walzer

Jun 22, 2023

The debate over judicial activism is the wrong lens through which to consider the current Israeli fight over its judiciary. The right lens is the restraint of authoritarianism and religious radicalism.