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The Situation: Chris Wray, Dead Man Walking
Another Trump presidency, another FBI director firing -
Did the Legal Process Over the Last Four Years “Fail”?
Under extraordinary pressures and uncertainties, the process was not likely to deliver what many expected or hoped for. -
Rational Security: The “Steven Spielberg Does Not Need a Free Drink" Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with Anna Bower, Eugenia Lostri, and Roger Parloff to discuss the week’s big national security news. -
The Situation: No Recriminations, Just Democratic Survival
The big danger is what Trump can do lawfully. -
The One Institution That Checked Trump
The Jan. 6 Committee is the exception to a story of institutional sclerosis. -
A Useful Argument at the Intersection of Two Military Commissions Cases
One of the defendants in the military commissions could benefit from illuminating a statutory change in a key evidentiary dispute. -
Congress’s Power to Investigate Crime Is More Important Than Ever
A new historical study finds that Congress’s authority to investigate crime is “indispensable” to the system of checks and balances. -
Where the Fake Electors Cases Stand in State Court
An in-depth, in-the-weeds status update of the Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada cases, as well as the new indictments in Arizona and Wisconsin. -
The Big Fix
A review of Martin Wolf, “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism” (Penguin, 2023) -
In Routh Case, Government Backs Cannon—But Barely
Its six-sentence filing will likely have little impact on the prospects for reassigning Judge Cannon from Trump’s classified documents case. -
A New Insiders’ Account of the Mueller Investigation
A review of Aaron Zebley, James Quarles and Andrew Goldstein, “Interference: The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation” (Simon & Schuster, 2024) -
Jan. 6 Trespasser’s Appeal Rejected by U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit
The court ruled that, for misdemeanor federal trespass, the government need only prove that a defendant knew he was in a restricted zone.
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