Latest in Criminal Justice & Rule of Law
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Inside the World of Teen Cybercrime
A review of Joe Tidy, “Ctrl + Alt + Chaos: How Teenage Hijackers Hijack the Internet” (Hanover Square Press, 2026). -
Why Is the Weaponization Report So … Normal?
The Justice Department report’s measured tone masks a deeper effort to legitimize targeting career officials. -
DHS’s Flawed Defense of Home Invasion Based on Administrative Warrants
Defending ICE home invasions without judicial warrants, DHS relies in significant part on a 1960 Supreme Court case. Does that hold up? -
Ukraine’s Energy Corruption Scandal Just Got Much Worse
For the first time, there may be evidence that President Zelensky personally profited from corruption. -
DHS’s Misleading Press Release Smears a U.S. Judge in Rhode Island
The judge has referred an assistant U.S. attorney for an ethics inquiry, but she has said that DHS was the truly bad actor. -
New Trove of Fulton County Case Materials Published
Lawfare expects to publish more materials obtained from the case file, as well as additional reporting and analysis drawn from these materials. -
Will AI Produce the Next Great Divergence?
An analysis of AI and institutions. -
Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Law-Following AI
A report from the inaugural Workshop on Law-Following AI to catalyze further scholarship on its design, evaluation, and governance -
The Dangerous Failure to Hold Hamas Accountable for Using Human Shields
How international institutions’ silence on Hamas hiding behind civilians incentivizes human shields use, and distorts law and accountability. -
Rational Security: The “I’ve Never Done THAT Before!” Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Tyler McBrien talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
International Legal Challenges to the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies
A complaint filed with the UN alleges that the Trump administration’s immigration law practices violate international human rights obligations. -
Executive Branch AI and the Rule of Law: An Emerging Research Agenda
Sooner or later, in this administration or a future one, AI will come for the federal workforce.


