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Lawfare Daily: Supreme Court Oral Arguments on President Trump’s Tariffs
What happened at the Supreme Court on Wednesday? -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 7
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Are Federal Officials Immune From State Prosecution?
Contrary to recent assertions, federal officers do not have blanket immunity from criminal prosecutions brought by states. -
State Prosecutions of Federal Agents and the Presidential Pardon Power
State prosecutions of ICE agents may end up in federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power. -
Rational Security: The “Wea Culpa” Edition
This week, Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Alan Rozenshtein, and Kate Klonick talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
U.S. Military Detention and Transfer in Its Fight Against Cartels
The recent detention and repatriation of two survivors of a U.S. military strike marks another legal evolution in the Trump administration’s claimed armed conflict with drug cartels. -
Lawfare Live, The Now: Tariff Oral Argument at the Supreme Court
On Nov. 5 at 3:30 pm ET join Scott R. Anderson, Peter Harrell, Marty Lederman, and Kathleen Claussen for a live discussion. -
Lessons Learned From the TikTok Saga
I got the law right but the institutions wrong. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 31
Listen to the Oct. 31 livestream as a podcast. -
The Appellate Void: Trump Could Defy Judges Without Confronting the Supreme Court
By refusing to appeal adverse rulings, a president could defy lower courts while denying higher courts any clear path to intervene. -
The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions
So many motions; so many options for dismissal. -
The Unitary Artificial Executive
Previous expansions of presidential power were still constrained by human limitations. Artificial intelligence eliminates those constraints.


