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Just Security’s expert authors offer analysis of U.S. Congress’ role in national security, foreign affairs, the rule of law, and rights. Coverage includes analysis and informational resources related to the legislative process, oversight and investigations of the executive branch, and major debates on the separation of powers and Congress’ constitutional role.
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Jan 6 Select Committee and Social Media Companies: 10 Key Pieces of Information to Subpoena
The Select Committee should request—better yet, subpoena—the following information from social media companies including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Parler, and TikTok.
Expert Backgrounder: The Westfall Act and Representative Brooks’s Speech
Professor Paul Figley, who served as Deputy Director in Torts Branch of Justice Department's Civil Division for fifteen years, explains the legal framework for Swalwell v. Brooks,…
Know Your Rights: Whistleblowers and the January 6th Select Committee
"Existing laws have facilitated some of the most important testimony for congressional investigators in recent times."
A Giant Step Forward for War Powers Reform
The bipartisan National Security Powers Act is a bold set of necessary and mutually reinforcing war powers reforms that would finally reset the balance of power between the political…
Biden’s Egypt Problem
With Egypt, President Joe Biden has inherited a worrying human rights situation in a country that’s strategically important to the United States and its allies.
Swalwell v. Trump and the Legitimate Scope of Federal Employment
Expert who wrote that case law favors Trump in getting DOJ legal shield in E Jean Carroll case, writes why that doesn't apply in Jan. 6 lawsuits.
New Legislation Needed to Prepare for the Next Pandemic
A new bill would give the secretary of Health and Human Services a seat on the National Security Council, and more.
For Health Security and Equity, Time to End the Global Gag Rule Once and For All
Biden rescinded the policy by executive order, in the latest reversal over successive administrations. Congress should end it permanently.
Long-Withheld Office of Legal Counsel Records Reveal Agency’s Postwar Influence
The Knight Institute is publishing 14 indexes cataloging the titles of more than a thousand unclassified opinions authored by the OLC between 1945 and 1958.
Undermining Norms? How the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Has Endured in US Policy
The Trump shift became more notable for what it did not lead to than for what it did. Now Biden has a chance to set US policy on the side of humanity.
OAS Panel Catalogues Colombia’s Rights Abuses, as President Duque Doubles Down
The report and his defiance underline the need for an effective US policy rooted in defending human rights, democracy, and the peace accords.
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Money is Not Enough
Congress wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on competitiveness in emerging technology, and AI in particular. But spending it effectively requires reforms to the Intelligence…