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Protect Communications Privacy for All of Us—Not Just Lawmakers and Reporters

It’s Time for Congress to Finish What It Started After the Snowden Revelations.
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Professional Criminal Prosecution Versus The Siren Song of Command: The Road to Improve Military Justice

An almost paragraph-by-paragraph critique of Jeh Johnson's essay opposing the Military Justice Improvement Act. Our author: Professor Rachel VanLandingham, Lt Col, USAF (ret.),…
An Ehiopian woman, who fled the Ethiopia's Tigray conflict as a refugee, sits on a water container at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on December 1, 2020. Other refugees walk or stand nearby, some also carrying water containers. The sun crosses the horizon in the background casting the people in the photo as silhouettes.

With Deliberate Famine Threatening Millions, Tigray Demands Greater Action from the US

As a man-made famine endangers millions of lives, it is urgent the Biden administration intensify pressure on the Ethiopian government beyond the sanctions it has already put in…
Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC.

A Deeper Dive: Facebook’s Response to Oversight Board on Trump May Be Less Than It Appears

A deeper dive shows the company is not ready to engage with the board's most far-reaching recommendations,
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The Surprisingly Broad Implications of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe for Human Rights Litigation and Extraterritoriality

In Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court took up the question of corporate liability for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) for the third time.…
The weapons and ammunition federal agents found in Christopher Paul Hasson's Silver Spring apartment. At least nine large guns are shown along with a number of smaller guns and other weapons.

Reviewing the First-Ever National Strategy to Counter Domestic Terrorism

This week, the White House released the first strategy developed specifically to address the domestic terrorist threat.
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State Secrets and the Torture of Abu Zubaydah

More than any case to have reached the Supreme Court, Abu Zubaydah’s case demonstrates the need to carefully scrutinize what information the Executive Branch can legitimately…
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill June 10, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Questions for FBI Director Wray About the January 6 Attack

Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman drafted 10 lines of inquiry for Wray in advance of Tuesday's hearing.
Former General Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s recently pardoned national security adviser, gives a thumbs up as he departs a protest of the outcome of the 2020 presidential election outside the Supreme Court on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters walk around him. Most, including Flynn, do not wear face masks.

What To Do About Lt. General (retired) Flynn: Military Justice and Civil-Military Relations Considerations

Flynn's recent conduct has raised new questions about retiree court-martial jurisdiction. Yevgeny Vindman and Dan Maurer make the legal and policy argument for a court-martial.…
A phone screen shows a statement by Trump on May 5, 2021. Another screen in the background shows an image of Trump. The statement text reads, “What Facebook, Twitter, and Google have done is a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country. Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before. The People of our Country will not stand for it! These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process.”

For Facebook’s Sake: Getting Conversant with Human Rights

The Facebook Oversight Board decision on former President Trump has helped bring into sharper focus what international law scholars and lawyers have long understood: international…
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The Sixth United Nations GGE and International Law in Cyberspace

Top expert analysis of the much-anticipated report that provides consensus views among key States on the application of international law to cyberspace.
Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. They cover the stairs and the bleachers set up for the inauguration. They carry American flags, Trump flags, anti-Semitic flags, and other white supremacist flags.

What Should Happen With the January 6th Investigation Now? Experts Weigh In.

Five top experts share their views of the virtues and perils of specific options Congress may now pursue.
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