I. The Trump Administration’s Civil Service
- Ned Price, Hyping the Terrorist Threat: Trump Makes an Old Problem Worse (Friday, June 23)
II. The Trump-Russia Investigations
- Bob Bauer, When Collusion with Russia Becomes a Crime: Part III—”Aiding and Abetting” (Wednesday, June 21)
- Rolf Mowatt-Larsson, The Making of a Russian Spy: A Roadmap for the FBI to Resolve Russia Gate (Monday, June 19)
- David Luban, Why It Does Not Matter Who Rachel Brand Is (Tuesday, June 20)
- Andy Wright, About that Executive Privilege “Policy”: Congress Should Call the Bluff (Tuesday, June 20)
- Marty Lederman, Why There’s No Basis to Think Rod Rosenstein Will Recuse (Saturday, June 17)
III. The U.S. Attack on a Syrian Warplane
- Adil Ahmad Haque, On the Precipice: The U.S. and Russia in Syria (Monday, June 19)
- Ryan Goodman, Congress’s 2001 AUMF as Legal Basis for US Shootdown of Syrian Jet (Friday, June 23)
IV. UAE Torture in Yemen
- Steve Vladeck, The Potential Legal Implications for the U.S. in the AP’s Disturbing UAE Torture Scoop (Thursday, June 22)
- Luke Hartig, Reported Emirati Abuse of Detainees and the Perils of U.S. Partnerships (Thursday, June 22)
V. Escalation with Iran, Syria, and Russia
- Ryan Goodman, Timeline: Russian Provocations and Dangerous Acts since January 20, 2017 (Wednesday, June 21)
- Hannah Ryan, Timeline of Escalation in Syria: U.S. vs. Iran, Russia, Syria and “Pro-Regime” Forces post January 20, 2017 (Thursday, June 22)
VI. Travel Ban
- Marty Lederman, Some Thoughts on the Government’s Latest Filing in the Entry Ban Cases (Monday, June 19)
- Marty Lederman, Donald Trump’s Say-So is Not a Presidential “National Security Judgment” ( Wednesday, June 21)
VII. ISIS and the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF)
- Ryan Goodman, Exclusive: Draft Military Force Authorization against ISIL—by House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ranking Member Rep. Engel (Monday, June 19)
- Rita Siemion, America’s AUMF Problem: Tomorrow’s Senate Hearing and a New Proposal from Eliot Engel (Monday, June 19)
VIII. The U.S., Israel, and International Norms
- Tripp Zanetis, U.S. Law of War and Israeli Occupation: Why Enforcing International Norms in the Middle East Matters to the U.S. (Monday, June 19)
IX. National Security Law Podcast
- Steve Vladeck, If You’re Not Already Listening to the National Security Law Podcast… (Tuesday, June 20)
X. Norms Watch
- Hannah Ryan, Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (June 16-June 23) (Friday, June 23)
XI. Cybersecurity and International Law
- Kristen Eichensehr, Political Parties as Critical Infrastructure? (Thursday, June 22)
XII. Privacy and the Extraterritoriality of Data
- Jennifer Daskal, Cross-Border Access to Data: Google’s Senior VP Weighs In (Thursday, June 22)
XIII. Detention and Damages Remedies
- Steve Vladeck, On Justice Kennedy’s Flawed and Depressing Narrowing of Constitutional Damages Remedies (Monday, June 19)
