Latest in Executive Branch
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The Trump Impeachment and the Question of Precedent
In speeches sounding the alarm about “toxic” precedent, Sen. Mitch McConnell has set forth a questionable view of the law of impeachment with serious implications for the future of this constitutional re... -
House Releases More Ukraine Documents
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Testimony and Executive Privilege in the Senate Impeachment Trial
Senators are debating whether witnesses will appear at the impeachment trial. But if the Senate does vote to hear from witnesses, could executive privilege be utilized to block their testimony? -
Livestream: House Vote to Send Articles of Impeachment to Senate
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The Senate Impeachment Trial: Call the Witnesses or Concede the Facts
Unless Republican senators want to accept the facts laid out by the House leadership and restrict themselves to the legal question of whether those facts demonstrate impeachable conduct, they’re going to... -
House Releases New Material Related to Impeachment
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Go Ahead, Apply the Federal Rules of Evidence to the Senate Impeachment Trial
Congressional Republicans argue that the Federal Rules of Evidence should apply to the impeachment trial. But following these rules would guarantee that the Senate could hear from the witnesses that Mitc... -
A New Legal Adviser Nominee
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Targeting Shahla’i in Addition to Soleimani: Unpacking the Legal Questions
The U.S. may have attempted to kill a second Quds Force commander simultaneous with the Soleimani attack, this time in Yemen. The situation underscores the confusion that besets the self-defense justific... -
Should the House Have Gone to the Courts on Obstruction Before Impeaching?
Legislators largely allowed the executive branch to take refuge in broad prophylactic doctrines that eliminated any need to consider Congress’s interests. -
Obstruction of Congress, Impeachment and Constitutional Conflict
Any discussion of the obstruction charge against President Trump should take into account the historical constitutional disputes between Congress and the executive branch. -
Announcing "Context and Consequences of the Soleimani Strike," a New Lawfare E-book
A new Lawfare Institute e-book, "Context and Consequences of the Soleimani Strike: A Lawfare Compilation," is now available on Kindle.


