I. Explainers on the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order and Its Aftermath
- Jay Shooster, Comparing: The Leaked Draft vs Final Executive Order Barring Citizens of 7 Muslim-Majority Nations and All Refugees (Saturday, Jan. 28)
- Steve Vladeck, The Airport Cases: What Happened, and What’s Next? (Monday, Jan. 30)
- Rebecca Hamilton, Why Trump’s Selection of the Seven Countries is Not the Same as Obama’s (Tuesday, Jan. 31)
- Jennifer Daskal An Overlooked (and Alarming) Piece of Trump’s Immigration EO (Thursday, Feb. 2)
- Steve Vladeck, Lufthansa To Abide By Anti-Ban Court Order–Travelers Targeted by Trump Can Now Fly (to Boston) (Thursday, Feb. 2)
- Rebecca Hamilton, Tinkering Won’t Save the Immigration and Refugee Executive Order–How to think about “Terrorist Safe Havens” (Friday, Feb. 3)
- Jennifer Daskal Update: Some (Not All) Travelers Affected by Trump’s EO Can Board Lufthansa To Boston (Friday, Feb. 3)
II. Constitutional Law and the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order
- David Cole, We’ll See You in Court: Why Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Violates the Establishment Clause (Saturday, Jan. 28)
- Steve Vladeck, The Muslim Ban, Judicial Review, and the Supreme Court (Sunday, Jan. 29)
- Adam Cox, Why a Muslim Ban is Likely to be Held Unconstitutional: The Myth of Unconstrained Immigration Power (Monday, Jan. 30)
- Nelson Tebbe, Richard Schragger and Micah Schwartzman, How Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration Violates Religious Freedom Laws (Tuesday, Jan. 31)
III. International Law and the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order
- James C. Hathaway Executive (Dis)order and Refugees—The Trump Policy’s Blindness to International Law (Wednesday, Feb. 1)
- Roderick M. Hills, Do Public Protests Matter in a Democracy? The “outside strategy” as a signal of support to judges and bureaucrats (Sunday, Jan. 29)
- Sahr Muhammedally, Safe Zones for Syria: A List of Questions that Policymakers Need to Answer (Monday, Jan. 30)
IV. The Removal of Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates
- Marty Lederman, Sally Yates did the right thing, (Tuesday, Jan. 31)
- Faiza Patel, Yates Letter Points to Evidence Showing Executive Order Unconstitutional (Tuesday, Jan. 31)
V. Norms Watch
- Katerina Wright, Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Jan. 27 to Feb. 3) (Friday, Feb. 3)
VI. The Yemen Raid
- Luke Hartig, Trump’s First Counterterrorism Operations and the Prior Interagency Review Process (Monday, Jan. 30)
- Alex Moorehead, Rare U.S. Military Acknowledgment of Civilian Casualties in Yemen—Concerns about transparency persist (Thursday, Feb. 2)
- Luke Hartig, The Yemen Raid—What Was Normal and Abnormal About the Process with Lessons for the Future (Friday, Feb. 3)
VII. The Trump Administration’s Civil Service
- Ryan Goodman, Full Text of Remarks by Top State Dep’t Official Discharged by Trump’s White House–Tom Countryman’s Powerful Farewell Address (Friday, Feb. 3)
- Alexandra Bell, Bureaucrats are “the Program” (Friday, Feb. 3)
VIII. Steve Bannon and the National Security Council
- Kate Brannen, Steve Bannon Is Making Sure There’s No White House Paper Trail, Says Intel Source (Monday, Jan. 30)
IX. Trump Administration Appointments
- Patrick Eddington, In The Trump administration, Islamophobia Is Truly A Family Affair (Wednesday, Feb. 1)
X. United Kingdom Supreme Court National Security Decisions
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, To Detain Lawfully or Not to Detain: Reflections on UK Supreme Court Decision in Serdar Mohammed (Thursday, Feb. 2)
XI. Trump’s CIA Speech, the Comey Letter and Federal Law
- Richard Painter, Trump’s CIA Speech and Comey’s Letter Violated Federal Law (Tuesday, Jan. 31)
XII. Police Militarization
- Eliav Lieblich and Adam Shinar, Police Militarization in the Trump Era (Wednesday, Feb. 1)
XIII. Russia, Ukraine, and the International Court of Justice
- Beth Van Schaack, Ukraine v. Russia: Before the International Court of Justice (Thursday, Feb. 2)
XIV. Nuclear Weapons Policy
- Mieke Eoyang, Mini-Nukes: A Gateway Drug (Friday, Feb 3)
XV. Miscellaneous
- Just Security, Welcome Luke Hartig and Rachel Kleinfeld!–Just Security’s New Editorial Board Members (Friday, Feb. 3)
- Steve Vladeck, Episode 2 of the New National Security Law Podcast (Wednesday, Feb. 1)