Latest in Criminal Justice & Rule of Law
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Lawfare Live: Discussing Today's Hearing in the James Comey Prosecution
Watch the discussion at 4pm ET. -
Rational Security: The "Chicken Fight" Edition
Scott Anderson, Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, and Michael Feinberg talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
Lawfare Live, The Now: Judge Finds Potential Irregularities in Comey Grand Jury Proceedings
Watch the discussion at 5:30 pm ET. -
Rational Security: The “Video Killed the Podcast Star” Edition
Scott Anderson, Natalie Orpett, Eric Columbus, and Molly Roberts talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
Reckoning With Bivens
Reflections from a Justice Department insider who helped build its cage. -
Toward the Oct. 7 Trials
Israel’s justice system faces unprecedented dilemmas in prosecuting Hamas militants detained after the attacks. -
Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time
A monthlong effort to track domestic deployments revealed a troubling lack of transparency on why and how military forces are used on U.S. soil. -
What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?
The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not. -
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey. -
Trial Dispatch: The Comey Hearing of Nov. 5, 2025
A judge ordered grand jury minutes turned over to James Comey, as well as information from five-year-old searches of Professor Dan Richman. -
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time. -
Are Federal Officials Immune From State Prosecution?
Contrary to recent assertions, federal officers do not have blanket immunity from criminal prosecutions brought by states.


