Latest in Democracy & Elections
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The Lawfare Podcast: Who Let the Barbarians Through the Gates?
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Compiling the Criminal Charges Following the Capitol Riot
A database of links to charging documents related to the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill. -
Here’s How the Capitol Mob Violated Federal Criminal Law
By storming the Capitol and disrupting the electoral-count certification, yesterday’s mob likely violated many federal criminal laws, including against seditious conspiracy. -
Can Trump Be Stopped?
President Trump’s incitement of insurrection stands out as the worst presidential behavior in America’s two-century history. How can he be kept from doing more damage with only two weeks left in his term? -
The Lawfare Podcast: Counting the Electoral Votes
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The Lawfare Podcast, Emergency Edition: Insurrection at the Capitol
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Counting Ballots and Stealing Elections
If Republican legislators object to the counting of electoral votes for Biden, they will be assisting Trump’s brazen effort to steal an election. -
The Lawfare Podcast: No One Expects the Spanish Disinformation
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How Biden Can Take the High Road on Misinformation
Biden should look to the idea of a systemic duty of care, which says that the platforms are dependent on their users’ social connections and, thus, are obliged to reduce online harms to those users. -
Lawfare Live: Biden’s Emerging National Security Team
This Friday, Dec. 18, at 11am EST, members of the Lawfare team will take questions from the Lawfare community on President-elect Biden’s emerging national security team, how it compares to other administ... -
Four Ways for President Biden to Fix Cyber on January 21
The Biden administration should catalogue cybersecurity resources; improve federal coordination and response to domestic cyber incidents; and establish the lines of responsibility for the provision of in... -
The Glut of High-Stakes Cross-Party, Cross-Administration Investigations
The news about the federal investigations of Hunter Biden highlights the growing spate of politically fraught federal law enforcement investigations of prominent political officials or their family membe...


