Latest in Executive Branch
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Why We’re Suing the State Department Over International Agreements
Lawfare is suing to bring transparency back to international agreements—and you can help. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 4
Listen to the September 4 livestream as a podcast. -
Free Speech, Deportation, and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Denying habeas review of detention for protected speech risks accomplishing in practice what the Constitution forbids without actual suspension. -
USPS Plays a 'Puzzle Game' With the Right to Vote
Months away from elections, a federal judge worries President Trump's mail-in voting executive order could cause disenfranchisement. -
Lawfare Daily: Mike Schmidt Talks CHIPS and U.S. Industrial Policy
In this episode of the Security Economics podcast series Mike Schmidt discusses the CHIPS Act. -
Rational Security: The "Whale of a Tale" Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Roberts, Eric Columbus, and Renée DiResta to talked through the week’s big domestic news stories. -
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 4
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation surrounding the Trump administration. -
The ‘Covered List’: A Fraud Claimed ‘National Security’
A tool built to block Huawei and Hikvision now bans drones, routers, and solar inverters—undermining the security it was meant to protect. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 1
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The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Non-Decision
The Court avoided the merits of Trump’s ballroom fight by leaning on aesthetic standing—and left the doctrine murkier than before. -
Governance by Shakedown
How the administration converts legal pretexts into coercive leverage—and why the tactic works even when courts say no. -
White House Unveils Program to Authorize Private-Sector Cyber Surveillance and Disruption Operations
The Aug. 12 presidential memorandum directing the creation of a private-sector hacking program raises novel questions for participants.


