I. Transgender Military Ban
- Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, Trump’s Trans Ban is Bad for Military Readiness (Thursday, August 3)
- Eugene R. Fidell, Your Tweet Is My Command (Monday, July 31)
II. Congress and an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS
- Rita Siemion, Trump Administration Says Its Broad Powers Under the 2001 AUMF Are Plenty (Wednesday, August 2)
III. People Smuggling
- Jay Shooster, The San Antonio Smuggling Tragedy: Don’t Let Trump Hijack the Story (Wednesday, August 2)
IV. Countering Violent Extremism
- Eric Rosand, The Resignation of George Selim and the Implications for CVE in the U.S. (Friday, August 4)
V. Trump-Russia Connection and Russia Policy
- Richard A. Epstein, The Troubled Status of Russian Sanctions Legislation—with the President’s Signing Statement Attached (Friday, August 4)
- Hannah Ryan, Could Congress Censure Donald Trump? (Tuesday, August 1)
- Bob Bauer, Fox’s Seth Rich Story, Don Jr’s Statement, and Legal Implications for the President (Wednesday, August 2)
VI. French Anti-Terror Laws
- Erika Asgeirsson, French Anti-Terror Bill Threatens To Extend State of Emergency Abuses (Wednesday, August 2)
VII. Global Justice and Torture: Action on the Hill
- Beth Van Schaack, Representative Ted Lieu in Defense of Global Justice (Monday, July 31)
- Daphne Eviatar, Senate Should Vote No on ‘Torture Memo’ Author (Tuesday, August 1)
VIII. White House Staff
- Kate Brannen, In First Move as White House Chief of Staff, Kelly Fires Scaramucci (Monday, July 31)
IX. Syrian Conflict and Covert Operations
- Marty Lederman, The Important Legal Questions Regarding the Now-Shuttered “Covert” Program to Arm Syrian Rebels (Thursday, August 3)
X. National Security Law Podcast
- Just Security, The National Security Law Podcast: Military Commissions, Military Officers in the Cabinet, the Laws of War, and More (Tuesday, August 1)
XI. Norms Watch
- Hannah Ryan, Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (July 28-August 4) (Friday, August 4)
