Democracy & Elections

The Texas Border and Insurrection Act Reform

Jack Goldsmith

Jan 27, 2024

The Texas border imbroglio reveals the need for and challenges of Insurrection Act reform.

Rational Security: It’s the “CesTar” Edition!

Scott R. Anderson Anna Bower Molly E. Reynolds

Jan 25, 2024

This week, just Scott was joined for a Bizarro-world episode with guests Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds and Lawfare Legal Fellow Anna Bower.

The Lawfare Podcast: ‘Democracy Awakening’ with Heather Cox Richardson

Anna Hickey Heather Cox Richardson Jen Patja

Jan 25, 2024

What is the state of American democracy?

Lawfare Live: Trump's Trials and Tribulations, Jan. 25

Benjamin Wittes Anna Bower Roger Parloff

Jan 24, 2024

Join the Lawfare team for a discussion of the trials of Donald Trump

What Justice Scalia Thought About Whether Presidents Are “Officers of the United States”

Roger Parloff

Jan 24, 2024

In a 2014 concurrence and a short letter elaborating on it, Scalia indicated that the president was an “officer of the United States.”

The Aftermath: Lawyers for the Coup

Natalie K. Orpett Kyle Cheney Greg Jacob , +2

Jan 23, 2024

Episode 2 of The Aftermath looks at what happened to the lawyers behind the legal strategy to stop the electoral count on Jan. 6.

The Lawfare Podcast, Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: Still Waiting on the D.C. Circuit

Benjamin Wittes Quinta Jurecic Roger Parloff , +1

Jan 20, 2024

Listen to this week's episode of Trump's Trials and Tribulations

Rational Security: The "Three Ring Circus" Edition

Scott R. Anderson Quinta Jurecic Molly E. Reynolds , +1

Jan 18, 2024

This week, Quinta Jurecic and Scott Anderson were joined by their colleague Molly Reynolds to talk through some big stories at the intersection of politics and national security.

Lawfare Live: Trump's Trials and Tribulations, Jan. 18

Benjamin Wittes Anna Bower Quinta Jurecic , +1

Jan 17, 2024

Join the Lawfare team for a discussion of the trials of Donald Trump

Cassidy Hutchinson’s Take on Her Trump-World Lawyer—and Why It Still Matters

Roger Parloff

Jan 17, 2024

Her memoir reveals the troubling dynamics of a common phenomenon in the Trump probes: a witness represented by an attorney paid for by Trump-aligned sources.