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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
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Rule of Law Index Shows Some Rays of Hope Amidst Continuing Global Recession

While the rule of law recession persists, the 2024 data show progress on some issues and some countries stepping back from the brink of autocracy.
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Proud Boys Threat Assessment: From the Planning of January 6th to Future Scenarios

The Proud Boys, more than any other organized extremist group, planned the January 6th attack on the US Capitol and led the charge. If they can harness the capacity to do it again,…
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
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Lifting Russia Sanctions – What Can a President Do Unilaterally?

Congress has imposed significant constraints on the president's ability to unilaterally lift sanctions imposed on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine in increasingly specific…
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Refuting the Latest Baseless Attacks Against Special Counsel Jack Smith

Weissmann and Goodman respond to recent claims by lawyers that the DOJ and Jack Smith have engaged in election interference and violated DOJ policies.
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What the UN’s Summit of the Future Can Teach Us – When the Dust Settles

The Summit did not reinvigorate multilateralism. Multilateralism survived, yes, but did not exactly get a new lease on life.
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The “War Game” Documentary, and Simulating a Worse January 6th

How would – and how should – our most senior government leaders respond?
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Maintaining the Rule of Law in the Age of AI

Absent robust guardrails, the increasing integration of AI into justice systems risks undermining the rule of law.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

A new, regularly updated tracker for the 2024 election.
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Shattering Illusions: How Cyber Threat Intelligence Augments Legal Action against Russia’s Influence Operations

Recent U.S. Department of Justice actions against Russia's covert influence operations underscores the efficacy of legal countermeasures founded on actionable cyber threat intelligence.…
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