Latest in Democracy & Elections
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Lawfare Daily: Far-Right Gains and a Political Reckoning in Germany
Discussing what’s going on in the German political scene. -
Laundering Federal Election Interference in the Midterms
The administration has turned an unfixable fact—Chinese parts in nearly every U.S. voting machine—into a license to contest any election it loses. -
Free Speech, Deportation, and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Denying habeas review of detention for protected speech risks accomplishing in practice what the Constitution forbids without actual suspension. -
USPS Plays a 'Puzzle Game' With the Right to Vote
Months away from elections, a federal judge worries President Trump's mail-in voting executive order could cause disenfranchisement. -
Rational Security: The "Whale of a Tale" Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Roberts, Eric Columbus, and Renée DiResta to talked through the week’s big domestic news stories. -
Search Warrants for Election Materials Get Their Day in Court
The California Supreme Court has a chance to emphasize that the criminal justice system isn’t built to “double-check” election results. -
The “GEC Files” Don’t Show a Censorship Operation
The State Department promised proof of a vast censorship scheme. The documents Sarah Rogers released show something else entirely. -
Lawfare Daily: Israel's Most Consequential Election, with Natan Sachs
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Can the Midterms Be 'Stolen' On Jan. 3? It's Complicated.
Panic about a 'rogue clerk' is likely unwarranted—but it's worth paying attention. -
OLC’s Dangerous, and Wrong, Opinion About the Posse Comitatus Act
OLC’s recent opinion about the PCA is unmoored from statute and case law and has dangerous implications for domestic uses of the military. -
Colombia’s Transitional Justice Was Built to Survive de la Espriella
It is a global model for its domestic, not international, legal origins. Future peace may be the real cost of de la Espriella’s attacks. -
Justice Department Releases Opinion on Military Arrests Near Borders
The Office of Legal Counsel asserted that arrests by military personnel near national defense areas do not violate the Posse Comitatus Act.


