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2026-04-07 18:05:32 UTC

Following the government's indictment of Smartmatic for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the voting systems vendor has asked a judge to dismiss the case for vindictive or selective prosecution. Molly Roberts evaluates the case and the motion’s likelihood of success. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-prosecution-of-smartmatic

2026-03-17 15:57:37 UTC

Lawfare is hiring a paid editorial intern for Summer 2026!
Find more information and apply here: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/intern-with-lawfaresummer2026
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2026-03-09 17:57:04 UTC

Today Anthropic sued the Department of Defense over its designation of the AI company as a supply chain risk. Read the complaint, from Peter Beck. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anthropic-sues-defense-department-over-supply-chain-risk-designation

2026-03-06 17:07:25 UTC

Within days of the release of the first-ever smartphone with an AI agent embedded in the operating system, many of China’s biggest apps blocked the Doubao phone over reported risks to data security. Samm Sacks identifies the AI governance lessons the U.S. should learn from this debate. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/china-s-agentic-ai-controversy

2026-02-10 20:52:26 UTC

The supporting affidavits for the FBI's warrant to search the Fulton County election office—where agents seized 700 boxes containing ballots and other documents related to the 2020 election—have been unsealed. Read the affidavits, from Tyler McBrien. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fulton-co.-election-office-search-warrant-affidavits-made-public

2026-02-02 16:05:08 UTC

The government has attempted to conflate civil disobedience with terrorism to target political opponents several times throughout U.S. history. Thomas Brzozowski looks at the lessons that can be learned from these cases to protect democratic dissent. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-dangerous-drift-to-redefine-protest-as-terrorism

2026-01-16 15:06:08 UTC

On Jan. 7, the White House announced the United States’s departure from 66 multilateral organizations and treaties. Isabel Linzer and Aliya Bhatia explore how the withdrawal will hamper the United States’s ability to advance human rights and civil liberties on and offline. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-u.s.-heel-turn-on-international-cooperation

2026-01-12 22:05:04 UTC

On Jan. 12, Sen. Mark Kelly filed a civil suit against the Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth over the military disciplinary proceedings initiated against him which argues that the government retaliated against Kelly for First Amendment-protected speech. Read the suit, from Peter Beck. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sen.-kelly-sues-department-of-defense-over-disciplinary-actions

2026-01-06 19:30:08 UTC

On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol revisit Lawfare’s January 6 Project.
You can find our coverage of the attack which explores the many legal and policy issues that arose, as well as a repository of significant documents, congressional hearings, and other materials. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/the-jan.-6-project

2026-01-01 15:00:25 UTC

A lot happened in 2025–from the deployment of National Guard in cities across the country to airstrikes in the Caribbean to DOGE's incursion into executive agencies to the weaponization of the Justice Department—and we covered it all.
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-year-that-was-(2025)

2025-12-09 15:52:24 UTC

"[T]o put the issue of border security as the top objective in one’s national security strategy is a kind of a nativist madness that is more about cultural—and let’s be honest, racial—anxiety about immigration than it is about any tangible security threat," writes Benjamin Wittes.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--why-did-the-white-house-write-this-national-security-strategy

2025-12-08 16:06:39 UTC

This year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) highlighted a harsh reality: the optimistic era of climate diplomacy has given way to a more fragmented and competitive world, in which climate change is taking a back seat to other concerns, write Erin Sikorsky and Siena Cicarelli. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/embracing-climate-realities--the-climate-security-implications-of-cop30

2025-12-04 19:19:32 UTC

Lawfare's Trump Administration Litigation Tracker is currently following 253 active cases challenging Trump administration actions, 19 suits by the administration challenging state or local laws, and 6 criminal prosecution.
Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker
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2025-12-04 16:04:32 UTC

Nearly four and a half years after the SolarWinds breach, the core policy change by the Biden administration to prevent a future breach from happening has not been implemented.
Nick Leiserson discusses what may be causing this failure to change acquisition regulations. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/f5--solarwinds--and-the-lethargy-of-the-far-council

2025-11-24 19:30:26 UTC

Today at 4 pm ET, watch Natalie Orpett, Roger Parloff and James Pearce a judge dismissing the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed to served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. https://youtube.com/live/XxySL8HTZMQ?feature=share

2025-11-20 16:34:09 UTC

Does the president have the constitutional authority to deploy active-duty forces domestically, free from the constraints of the Posse Comitatus Act?
If and when the Supreme Court considers this question, the answer “should be an emphatic ‘no,’” writes Christopher Mirasola.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/confronting-the-protective-power

2025-11-10 18:03:35 UTC

Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, and Molly Roberts's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration.
Check it out: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/litigation-coverage/trump-administration-trial-coverage

2025-11-10 16:24:33 UTC

FBI Director Kash Patel announced that for the first time ever, the Bureau had indicted 'Antifa-aligned' individuals.
Eric Columbus digs into the charges to understand the administration's efforts to target its ideological adversaries. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-s-up-with-the-terror-indictment-against-alleged-antifa-members

2025-11-04 14:38:49 UTC

On Lawfare Daily, Kate Klonick spoke to Richard Pildes about his article, “Political Fragmentation in Democracies in the West,” the link between smartphones and social media and threats to democracy, and the unique way this technology is now impacting the United States political system. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--how-social-media-threatens-democracy--with-rick-pildes
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2025-11-02 14:30:07 UTC

History demonstrates why the administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals, write Samuel Seitz and Caitlin Talmadge.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-trump-s-madman-act-doesn-t-work

2025-11-01 22:00:24 UTC

Lawfare's Litigation Tracker is currently following 233 active cases challenging actions from the Trump administration, including the attempt to suspend SNAP benefits and federalization of National Guard in Illinois.
Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker.

2025-10-23 22:00:20 UTC

Today, Letitia James's attorneys filed a motion asking the court to curb prosecutors’ extrajudicial statements, following Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower’s recent article recounting a Signal exchange with U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan. Read the motion, from Tyler McBrien. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/letitia-james-asks-court-to-curb-prosecutors-extrajudicial-statements

2025-10-21 19:14:07 UTC

On Oct. 11, Anna Bower started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--lindsey-halligan-here

2025-10-21 14:30:25 UTC

In late September, California became the first U.S. state to enact legislation specifically aimed at regulating advanced AI systems when Gov. Newsom signed SB 53. Lam Tran explains the main pillars of SB 53 and where it sits within the larger AI regulatory landscape.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/governing-frontier-ai--california-s-sb-53

2025-10-20 22:11:39 UTC

Last weekend, Anna Bower started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--lindsey-halligan-here

2025-10-01 17:47:12 UTC

The U.S. government has shut down. The Trump admin made clear its intention to use this as an opportunity to permanently reduce the size of the federal workforce. Nick Bednar looks at the legal challenges it will face if it tries to implement sweeping reductions in force. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/reductions-in-force-during-shutdowns--easier-said-than-done

2025-09-30 18:49:38 UTC

In November the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the challenge to President Trump's tariffs. Paul Stephan explores how the major questions doctrine limits the judiciary's ability to allow the president to implement tariffs without clear congressional buy-in. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ieepa-authorizes-asset-freezing--not-seizing

2025-09-12 15:31:17 UTC

"If you dismantle the infrastructure that is responsible for dealing with violent extremist groups and investigating individuals who may be plotting something, that also affects your ability to notice people who may be planning to kill the Charlie Kirks of the world," writes Benjamin Wittes. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--a-less-effective-fbi

2025-09-08 21:11:37 UTC

"Accused of debasing the military by having it commit crimes and then boasting of it, Vance does not bother to deny the premise."
In the Situation, Benjamin Wittes considers the vice president's tweets defending the targeting killing of civilian drug traffickers.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation-the-highest-and-best-use-of-our-military

2025-08-31 19:36:03 UTC

Today, Judge Sooknanan held an emergency hearing in a lawsuit filed to challenge the Trump administration's removal of unaccompanied minors to Guatemala. Read Anna Bower's live blog from the hearing: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emergency-hearing-over-the-removal-of-unaccompanied-minors-to-guatemala

2025-08-29 17:22:39 UTC

This morning, Judge Jia Cobb held a hearing in Cook v. Trump, a lawsuit in which Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is challenging President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her from the Board of Governors.
Anna Bower covered the hearing as it happened. Read her report:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-happened-during-fed-governor-cook-s-hearing

2025-08-23 16:00:39 UTC

ICYMI: Watch this week’s Trials of the Trump Administration where Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, and James Pearce discuss the FBI’s search of John Bolton’s house, a ruling in the civil fraud case against President Trump, updates in Rep. LaMonica McIver’s case, and more. https://www.youtube.com/live/vR7SQ-tb-4g

2025-08-17 13:01:34 UTC

The Syrian government is consolidating power and excluding important groups. It’s time for the United States and Europe to use their leverage, writes Haddon Barth.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-west-is-helping-syria-build-a-government-no-minority-wants-to-join
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2025-08-15 23:00:18 UTC

Apply now to be an intern at Lawfare!
Interns will have an opportunity to learn a variety of skills such as writing, research, and site maintenance. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/intern-with-lawfare-fall-2025

2025-08-15 19:28:57 UTC

On Friday, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to assume control of the Metropolitan Police Department. Read the filing here: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/d.c.-sues-trump-administration-over-seizing-control-of-district-police

2025-08-08 14:23:51 UTC

The perpetrator of an assasination of a Minnesota lawmaker in June likely used data brokers to find personal information of his victims. Sam Adler, Thomas Kadri, and Chinmayi Sharma look at how policymakers should address this brokered violence. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/brokered-violence--safety-for-sale-in-the-free-marketplace-of-data

2025-08-07 17:46:09 UTC

On Sept. 19, join us in person to celebrate 15 years of Lawfare—a decade and a half of rigorous analysis, trusted insight, and independent journalism at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
Get your tickets here: https://givebutter.com/lawfare15

2025-07-24 19:37:22 UTC

🚨Trump Administration Litigation Tracker Updates🚨
The tracker is tracking 314 cases!
- The Supreme Court stayed an order reinstating the Consumer Product Safety Commissioners that President Trump attempted to fire.
- Preliminary injunction granted in suit challenging sanctions against the ICC.
View more cases at www.lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker
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2025-06-27 17:30:34 UTC

Today, the Supreme Court rejected the validity of universal injunctions as a form of relief used to challenge President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, without addressing the constitutionality of the order itself. Read the opinion, from Olivia Manes. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scotus-grants-government-partial-stay-in-birthright-citizenship-case

2025-06-26 18:46:24 UTC

It's the "Pronghorn Shirt Daily" Edition!
On Rational Security, Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Natalie Orpett, and Ashley Deeks discussed the week's big national security news, including U.S. strikes against Iran, SCOTUS's opinion in DVD v. DHS, and more. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/rational-security--the--pronghorn-shirt-daily--edition
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2025-06-08 14:49:23 UTC

The president did not invoke the Insurrection Act yesterday. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited, explains Chris Mirasola. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-national-guard-in-los-angeles

2025-05-27 14:40:48 UTC

Last Dec., the Manhattan DA announced he was charging Luigi Mangione with the murder of Brian Thompson as an act of terrorism.
Jacob Ware and Ania Zolyniak write that the charge against Mangione is legally dubious, and could trigger dangerous consequences.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/luigi-mangione-and-the-making-of-a--terrorist

2025-04-17 01:17:26 UTC

In the Situation, Benjamin Wittes considers Judge Boasberg's finding of probable contempt by the government in the Alien Enemies Act case and where the case may go from here. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--vindicating-the-semblance-of-due-process

2025-04-15 20:58:57 UTC

The hearing on the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvadorian prison has just finished.
Anna Bower and Roger Parloff were in the courtroom and will join Benjamin Wittes for a live conversation shortly.
Watch their conversation here: https://youtube.com/live/TWEHwgAWQGw?feature=share

2025-04-15 14:17:26 UTC

“[T]he Supreme Court’s willingness to resort to a procedural ruling to avoid a direct clash with the executive could have real costs, not just for those swept up by the [Alien Enemies Act], but also for the Court’s position in the separation of powers,” writes Jonathan Hafetz https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/habeas-and-the-alien-enemies-act--challenges-and-opportunities

2025-04-14 20:40:06 UTC

Since taking office President Trump has fired the board members of independent agencies, like the FTC, Inter-American Foundation, African Development Foundation, and NLRB. Anne Joseph O'Connell explores whether the president had the legal and constitutional authority to do so. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-the-president-appoint-principal-officers-without-the-senate

2025-04-14 17:44:02 UTC

In Feb. 2022, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In the years since, different perspectives on the fight emerge and lead to tensions that leave Ukraine's fate uncertain, and its relationship with The United States in jeopardy.
Listen to the season finale of Escalation wherever you get your podcasts.
Escalation is hosted by Anastasiia Lapatina and Tyler McBrien. This episode features Shane Harris, Timothy Snyder, John Mearsheimer, and Eric Ciaramella. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/escalation--boiling-the-frog
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2025-04-10 18:02:10 UTC

Tomorrow at 4pm ET, Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, Roger Parloff, James Pearce, and Bob Bauer to discuss the legal challenges to President Trump’s executive actions, including the Supreme Court’s rulings in the Alien Enemies Act and the firing of probationary employees cases. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-live--trials-of-the-trump-administration--april-11
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2025-04-07 23:07:57 UTC

"[A]t the end of the day, you can’t kidnap people off the streets and ship them to El Salvador and then wax indignant about the overweening federal judges who tell you to bring them back—at least not credibly," writes Benjamin Wittes in the Situation. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--missing

2025-03-18 13:40:45 UTC

On Lawfare Daily, Kevin Frazier and Renee DiResta spoke to Derek Thompson about his new book, "Abundance," the theory of Abundance, and its feasibility in an age of political discord and institutional distrust. https://youtu.be/qjp2ZRyEsBo
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2025-03-07 16:06:03 UTC

“If the executive branch is determined to provoke a constitutional crisis, then confrontation is inevitable. It is better that the crisis arises from the Court doing its job than from the Court being cowed into submission,” writes Suzanne Spaulding. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/judicial-independence-may-require-confrontation

2025-03-03 18:52:02 UTC

Newly-independent Ukraine has inherited thousands of nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union. So the United States, Russia and Ukraine craft a high-stakes deal to disarm Ukraine in exchange for national security protection. But has Washington held up their end of the bargain? Or has Ukraine been betrayed?
Episode 2 of Escalation is out now, wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/escalation--no-guarantees

2025-02-10 17:31:07 UTC

"The apparent statements from unnamed officials to the effect that by providing first names and last initials only, even over unclassified systems, no damage has been done, reflects either ignorance or indifference. Neither enhance the security of our nation," writes Jonathan M. Fredman. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the--mosaic--method-and-the-value-of-cia-names-to-u.s.-adversaries

2025-02-07 17:56:34 UTC

Last night, 2 federal employee unions sued the Trump administration over its attempts to dismantle USAID and requested that the court issue a temporary restraining order to reverse actions dismantling USAID and halt further attempts to do so. Read the suit, from Caroline Cornett. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/federal-employee-unions-sue-trump-administration-for-dismantling-usaid

2025-02-04 15:11:46 UTC

"An FBI that was putting its collective foot down and refusing to be politicized, refusing to participate in a political witch hunt within its own ranks, and refusing to become political agents of the regime in power would, so far anyway, look almost exactly like what we are seeing," writes Benjamin Wittes. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--what-s-going-on-at-the-fbi

2025-01-31 15:41:43 UTC

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump fired all of the Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Gregory Nojeim and Silvia Lorenzo Perez write that this removal threatens the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and puts civil liberties at risk. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-s-sacking-of-pclob-members-threatens-data-privacy

2025-01-30 19:57:55 UTC

On Tuesday, over 2 million federal employees received an email with the subject line "Fork in the Road," introducing a deferred resignation program. Nick Bednar explains that not only could this violate the law, it may backfire & increase the incentives for employees to stay. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/breaking-down-opm-s--fork-in-the-road--email-to-federal-workers

2025-01-30 16:19:41 UTC

This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding Kash Patel's confirmation hearing to be FBI director.
Anna Bower and Benjamin Wittes dive deep into the controversies around Patel, from his time as a staffer for Devin Nunes to his actions in the run up to Jan. 6. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-patel-dossier

2025-01-30 14:41:19 UTC

"Biden’s press freedom legacy may end up dominated by his laying the groundwork for Trump or a future administration to prosecute journalists for news reporting."
Seth Stern examines the prosecutions of Julian Assange and Tim Burke by the Biden Justice Department. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/prosecuting-journalists-complicates-biden-s-press-freedom-legacy

2025-01-24 15:35:51 UTC

On Lawfare Daily, Kevin Frazier spoke to Aram Gavoor about the Trump administration’s initial moves on AI policy, the pivot toward relentless innovation, Trump rescinding the Biden administration’s 2023 EO on AI, and the recently announced Stargate Project. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--aram-gavoor-on-the-trump-administration's-ai-pivot--trading-safeguards-for-stargate
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2025-01-23 20:52:57 UTC

Today, a federal judge granted the motion by the attorneys general of Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon to temporarily block President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship from going into effect. Read the decision, from Anna Hickey. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/federal-judge-blocks-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-nationwide

2025-01-21 21:27:24 UTC

In The Situation, Benjamin Wittes writes that if the goal of President Trump's pardons of the Jan. 6 defendants is to erase what happened in 2021, it won’t work because “a president can frustrate justice, but he can’t change the truth." https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--why-the-jan.-6-pardons-won-t-work

2024-12-12 18:43:03 UTC

It's the “Tornado Kash” Edition!
On this week's Rational Security, Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Eugenia Lostri, and Tyler McBrien broke down the week's big national security news, including Syria’s Assad regime collapsing, President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Kash Patel for FBI director, and more. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/rational-security--the--tornado-kash--edition
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2024-12-09 14:33:59 UTC

Foreign governments are interfering in democratic politics by funding campaigns and propaganda. Liberal democracies can apply financial intelligence tools to counter these efforts, writes Jessica Davis this week’s Foreign Policy Essay. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/banking-on-influence

2024-11-13 15:56:58 UTC

Susan Landau looks at how the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act allowed a successful cyberattack tied to the Chinese government to access U.S. wiretapping orders—and what can be done to keep this from happening again. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/calea-was-a-national-security-disaster-waiting-to-happen

2024-11-08 23:41:42 UTC

Today in The Situation, Benjamin Wittes puts forth 6 "principles for staying sane and rational during a period of a democratic stress born of the screaming." https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--staying-sane-during-the-screaming

2024-11-04 14:27:54 UTC

Incidents of terrorism conducted for partisan, rather than ideological reasons, have spiked according to new data. Riley McCabe explains the trend in this week’s Foreign Policy Essay. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s.-domestic-terrorism-is-increasingly-motivated-by-partisan-politics

2024-10-31 18:01:22 UTC

It's the "Yo Adrian! Go Vote!" Edition!
On this week's Rational Security, Scott Anderson sat down with Alan Rozenshtein, Benjamin Wittes, and Molly Reynolds to talk through the week’s big national security news, including Israel's strikes on Iran and recent reporting of Elon Musk's conversations with Vladimir Putin: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/rational-security--the--yo-adrian!-go-vote!-edition
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2024-10-30 13:36:53 UTC

On today's Lawfare Daily, Quinta Jurecic and Eugenia Lostri spoke to Cait Conley about the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's role in coordinating efforts to secure the 2024 election—from ensuring the physical security of election workers to identifying foreign influence campaigns. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--how-cisa-is-working-to-protect-the-election
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2024-10-22 21:10:12 UTC

Today, U.S. intelligence officials released a partially redacted document outlining the potential for foreign actors, like China, Iran, and Russia, to exert influence on and after the 2024 presidential election. Read the briefing doc from Olivia Manes. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/intelligence-briefing-outlines-foreign-influence-threats-to-u.s.-elections

2024-09-30 18:33:51 UTC

Anastasiia Lapatina unpacks Ukrainian President Zelensky’s trip to the U.S., where he tried to boost support for Ukraine at the White House, the UN, and Trump Tower, and the controversy surrounding his visit. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/zelensky-s-american-saga--victory-plan-and-angry-republicans

2024-09-12 17:18:12 UTC

Today, Lawfare and Protect Democracy are launching a new project on the limitations, drawbacks, and dangers of deploying the military on U.S. soil. Alex Tausanovitch introduces the series and explains what it will delve into.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-dangers-of-deploying-the-military-on-u.s.-soil

2024-09-09 17:39:57 UTC

Coverage of the US government’s busy week combating Russian operatives so far has examined these actions piecemeal. But taken together, they reveal a broad, interagency effort and a much different strategy than 2016, write Quinta Jurecic and Natalie Orpett. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-u.s.-government's-busy-week-combating-russian-operatives

2024-09-05 18:18:05 UTC

Today, DA Bragg filed a response in opposition to Trump's motion for an immediate stay of Judge Hellerstein's order denying his removal motion for the NYC hush-money case. Find the filing on #DocketWatch: NY, from Katherine Pompilio. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/current-projects/the-trump-trials/new-york/docket-watch-trump-prosecuted-in-new-york

2024-09-04 21:09:58 UTC

Today the Justice Dept. announced its seizure of internet domains used by the Russian govt to conduct foreign malign influence campaigns and the indictment of 2 RT employees in connection with election interference aimed at the 2024 U.S. elections. Read the affidavit, indictment and more from Katherine Pompilio. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/justice-dept.-disrupts-russian-influence-campaign--indicts-russian-nationals

2024-09-03 21:52:34 UTC

Today, U.S. District Court Judge Hellerstein (SDNY) denied Trump's motion for leave to file removal papers in his NY hush money and election interference case. Read the order on #DocketWatch: NY, updated by Katherine Pompilio. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/current-projects/the-trump-trials/new-york/docket-watch-trump-prosecuted-in-new-york

2024-08-28 18:28:46 UTC

Anna Bower, Matt Gluck, Quinta Jurecic, Natalie Orpett, and Benjamin Wittes examine how Jack Smith's superseding Jan. 6 indictment filed yesterday against Trump differs from the original indictment and evaluate what the changes indicate about Smith's approach moving forward.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-superseding-trump-indictment-charts-jack-smith-s-path-forward

2024-08-21 21:32:57 UTC

On August 1, a 3-member panel authorized by the D.C. bar recommended that the bar should suspend former Justice Dept. attorney Jeff Clark from practicing law in D.C. for at least 2 years due to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Read the report from Matt Gluck. https://lawfaremedia.org/article/oversight-committee-recommends-suspension-of-jeffrey-clark-s-d.c.-bar-license

2024-08-14 14:26:16 UTC

Last week the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Fourth Amendment does not allow courts to issue warrants for geofence records. Orin Kerr explains why this ruling conflicts with the precedent on gov't access to location data and should be overturned. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-fifth-circuit-shuts-down-geofence-warrants-and-maybe-a-lot-more

2024-08-13 17:43:20 UTC

Julien Berman and Alan Rozenshtein analyze the government's brief in the lawsuit brought by ByteDance over the TikTok ban, including what significant redactions of classified info in the brief mean for the government's argument and TikTok's response.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-tiktok-case-will-be-determined-by-what-s-behind-the-government-s-black-lines

2024-08-02 18:13:05 UTC

The Justice Dept. IG found that the former U.S. attorney for the middle district of PA violated DOJ policy by releasing info about an ongoing investigation into election fraud in Sept. 2020. Read the report from Matthew Gluck. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/justice-department-oig-releases-report-on-public-statements-during-election-fraud-investigation

2024-08-02 17:35:28 UTC

On July 31, the Justice Dept. IG published a report on its response to the Lafayette Square protests in May and June 2020, finding that former AG Barr did not personally issue the order to clear protesters. Read the report from Julien Berman. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/justice-dept.-oig-releases-report-on-agency-s-response-to-2020-d.c.-protests