Latest in Criminal Justice & Rule of Law
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Challenges to U.S. Sanctions Against Iran During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The international community’s will to deliver medical supplies to Iran despite potential penalties from the U.S. government demonstrates a challenge to the U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign. -
Trump’s Coronavirus Immigration Order Is a Restriction in Search of a Rationale
While the proclamation cites the impact of the novel coronavirus on U.S. jobs, the visa categories affected by the suspension have only a minimal effect on employment of citizens or lawful permanent resi... -
Public Health in the Balance: Judicial Review of Pandemic-Related Government Restrictions
What should courts do when people challenge pandemic containment measures imposed by state governments and the federal government? -
Fifty-Seven Years Later: America’s Worst Nuclear Submarine Disaster
Much of the information about the loss of the USS Thresher and the Navy’s subsequent investigation has remained outside of public view. That may change this year. -
Could COVID-19 Upend International Asylum Norms?
Countries have tightened borders and halted refugee resettlement in response to COVID-19. But these moves occur against the backdrop of worldwide hostility to migrants and refugees. -
What Happens If the Trump Administration Designates Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations?
The move would allow the president to implement several criminal and financial penalties against those groups and their members—but the measures will not necessarily help the federal government combat th... -
Why Is Trump’s Inspector General Purge Not a National Scandal?
The removal of a couple of inspectors general for transparently—and in one case, admittedly—self-interested reasons no longer generates outrage. -
Disease Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
With the right safeguards, aggressive disease surveillance is likely permissible under the Fourth Amendment. -
Court Unseals Ruling Denying Paracha Petition for Habeas Corpus
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What Coronavirus Means for Online Fraud, Forced Sex, Drug Smuggling and Wildlife Trafficking
How is the COVID-19 outbreak affecting criminal groups, both in the short and long term? In particular, how is it affecting trends across the illicit economies of drug smuggling and poaching, wildlife tr... -
The National Commission on Public Service Is Right to Endorse Women’s Draft Registration
A national commission just recommended mandatory draft registration for women. While proponents agree that this is good for the military, few have examined how it might also be good for women. -
The Refugee Act of 1980: A Forlorn Anniversary
Despite the pall that hangs over the anniversary, an examination of the Refugee Act’s architecture may foster appreciation of what it achieved and provide guidance for overcoming today’s global refugee a...


