Civil Liberties
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The New Intelligence Community Directive on Prepublication Review: Important Reforms and Critical Omissions
The ODNI's prepublication review directive improves several important aspects of the system, but fails to make certain critical changes.

A 2024 Election Litigation Hot List
The cases include ones affiliated with major political parties, tackling emerging legal fault lines in the 2024 election, and involving issues of trust in the democratic process…

History Has Already Discredited the TikTok Ban
The TikTok ban is a reincarnation of past reactionary efforts to limit Americans from accessing media from abroad.

The Growing Threat of State Domestic Terrorism Laws to the First Amendment
Since political violence is already criminalized under other state and federal laws, state domestic terrorism laws are arguably unnecessary. These laws create serious, and often…

Rights of National Minorities in Armed Conflict: A Ukrainian Perspective
Russia's aggression against Ukraine underscores the critical challenges in safeguarding the rights of national minorities in conflict zones.

Warrantless “Defensive” Searches of FISA Section 702 Data Violate the Fourth Amendment
The Fourth Amendment requires that queries of the FISA Section 702 database for information about U.S. persons be performed pursuant to a court order, regardless of whether the…

Three Years on From Taliban’s Takeover, What’s Next Amid Afghanistan’s Impasse?
Unfocused efforts to break the logjam over human rights and diplomatic recognition raise questions about how to move forward.

Our Lives Depend on the Cloud. Now What?
The CrowdStrike outage should be viewed not as a one-off mistake but as a harbinger of things to come.

AI’s Potential to Advance Human Rights? Striking the Right Balance
The risks of AI are well-known, but devoting more effort to understanding its benefits towards human rights will help harness its potential.

Donald Trump’s Dangerous Views on Disability and the Power to Think Differently
People with disabilities have the potential to live rich and fulfilling lives – but first others need to share that belief.

Civil Society, Under Threat Worldwide, Needs a General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Association
Civil society and its allies need tools to push back against rising threats worldwide, and the U.N. Human Rights Committee can furnish an important one: a General Comment on the…

Collecting Just Security’s Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Term
A collection of legal and policy analysis of key cases from the Supreme Court's tumultuous term.