Latest in Criminal Justice & Rule of Law
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Fraudfare: Weaponized Fraud Under International Law
Fraudulent Call Centers as Means of War: Patriotic Failure to Prosecute Organized Crime—Uncontrolled Wildfire or Russia’s False Claims -
Can the Attorney General Remove Assistant U.S. Attorneys at Will?
Judge Furman holds that the attorney general cannot fire an assistant U.S. attorney without cause, and that Article II does not change that. -
Israel’s Destruction of Gaza and the Moral Decline of Zionism
A review of Omer Bartov, “Israel: What Went Wrong?” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026) -
Comey Tries to 86 the Seashells Case: Part I
As comical as the prosecution’s case appears, it may well go to trial. -
Comey Tries to 86 the Seashells Case: Part II
Two pending motions could expose the government’s investigation to scrutiny well before trial -
The Immigration Enforcement Hydra Without a Kill Switch
Automated immigration enforcement sidesteps institutional accountability and does so with no kill switch. -
Will the Supreme Court Finally Dismantle Bivens’s House of Cards?
For the sake of federal accountability, these Justice Department alums certainly hope so. -
Gaps in the Deep: How the Law of the Sea Fails the Undersea Kingdom
A review of Elisabeth Braw, “Undersea War: The Battle to Control the Cables and Pipelines That Connect Our World” (Public Affairs, 2026). -
Rational Security: The “Cooking With Gas!” Edition
Scott Anderson, Daniel Byman, Julia Curlee, and Michel Paradis talked through the week’s big news in national security. -
Why Anthropic Is Asking for a Rehearing En Banc
The D.C. Circuit relied on a dictionary for key parts of its ruling against Anthropic. Congress’s own words tell a different story about the threats the law was designed to address. -
The Mercenary Exception That Never Existed
Why Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice ruling in Operation Trapiche matters beyond one terrorism case. -
Why the U.S. Military Has Never Threatened Civilian Governance
A review of “The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States” (Polity, 2025).


