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Arlington at Midnight: Memorial Day Reflections on President Trump
Lying is the foundation of all crimes and follies. —Ulysses S. Grant More than 400,000 Americans now rest at Arlington National Cemetery. All of th... -
Attacking Our Civic Faith
Former Obama administration solicitor general Don Verrilli gave a commencement address this week. His topic was President Trump. He has it exactly right. Months ago, I considered at length members of the... -
Law and Public Intuition on the Use of Force, Part 2: The Threat of Nuclear Weapons
This post is the second in a multipart series. For an introduction to the survey discussed and the methodology employed, be sure to read our first post. -
Document: Trump's Blocking of Critics on Twitter is Unconstitutional, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Rules
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a declaratory judgment holding that President Trump's blocking of his critics on Twitter violates the First Amendment. The ruling ... -
Putting the Responsibility for ‘Crossing the Line’ Where It Belongs: The President and his White House Staff
On Monday, President Trump convened a meeting at the White House with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Christopher Wray about an ongoing investigation concerning the president, his... -
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act and the VA: A Study in Uncertainty and Incompetence
One of the obscure federal statutes that has come to prominence in the Trump administration is the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (FVRA), a statute designed to increase the president’s flexibility ... -
Recruiting Intelligence Sources: President Trump Makes a Hard Job Harder
Recruiting intelligence sources is hard at the best of times. And President Trump just made it harder. -
Document: White House Statement on Wray, Rosenstein, Coats Meeting About FBI Informant
On May 21, the White House released the following statement after the president’s meeting with the FBI director, deputy attorney general, and director of national intelligence. -
Video: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Corker-Kaine AUMF Bill
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'The Day that We Can't Protect Human Sources': The President and the House Intelligence Committee Burn an Informant
What happens when the outing of intelligence sources is the province not of rogue insiders but of senior officials in two branches of this country’s government? -
What's Important in the Senate Judiciary Committee Transcripts
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a batch of transcripts and materials collected from nine witnesses whom the committee interviewed over the course of its investigation into Russian e... -
Document: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel's Responses to Questions for the Record
On Monday, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel submitted the following responses to written questions from members of the Senate intelligence committee.
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