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Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza sits on a bench inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at the Basmanny court in Moscow on October 10, 2022. Kara-Murza was jailed in April 2022 for denouncing the Kremlin's Ukraine offensive and was charged with high treason. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

A Lawyer for Political Prisoners on Why He Fled Russia

After handling many prominent cases, one involving Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza illustrates the dire threats and the need for support.
Jan. 24, 2024
President Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Salman stand next to each other.

The Democratic Price of Countering Authoritarianism

The US need to contend with China and Russia may obscure the accumulation of risk from many individual tradeoffs.
Jan. 22, 2024
Afghan female students chant "Education is our right, genocide is a crime" during a protest as they march from the University of Herat toward to the provincial governor office in Herat on October 2,2022, two days after a suicide bomb attack in a learning center in Kabul. The bombing killed at least 35 people, and most were female students, according to the BBC, which cited the United Nations. (Photo by MOHSEN KARIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Signals of Support for Gender Justice in the Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

States' written comments cover issues such as the slave trade, gender apartheid, and strengthening protections for victims and survivors.
Jan. 19, 2024
People sink to their knees as Ukrainian servicemen carry a coffin of a Ukrainian poet and serviceman Maksym Kryvtsov who was killed on the frontline, at the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on January 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several hundred Ukrainians attended the ceremony in Kyiv, despite the bitter cold, in tribute to a young Ukrainian poet and soldier Maksym Kryvtsov, call sign "Dali", whose death on the front line sparked a wave of emotion in Ukraine. Maksym Kryvtsov was killed on January 7 at the age of 33. He joined the army as a volunteer in 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, and notably served as a machine gunner. (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)

Success or Failure in Ukraine?

Ukrainians are fighting a war for the US and NATO that the alliance cannot afford to lose to a dictator in the Kremlin.
Jan. 12, 2024 and
People sink to their knees as Ukrainian servicemen carry a coffin of a Ukrainian poet and serviceman Maksym Kryvtsov who was killed on the frontline, at the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on January 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several hundred Ukrainians attended the ceremony in Kyiv, despite the bitter cold, in tribute to a young Ukrainian poet and soldier Maksym Kryvtsov, call sign "Dali", whose death on the front line sparked a wave of emotion in Ukraine. Maksym Kryvtsov was killed on January 7 at the age of 33. He joined the army as a volunteer in 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, and notably served as a machine gunner. (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)

Успіх чи невдача в Україні?

Україна, США та НАТО не можуть дозволити собі програти цю війну диктатору в Кремлі.
Jan. 12, 2024 and

Assessing the DoD Law of War Manual’s Approach to Treaties and Customary International Law

Identifying how the DoD's Law of War Manual could be improved in its methodological approach to sources of international law.
Jan. 10, 2024
The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building against a darkening blue-grey sky.

Constitutional Law Scholars on the Impeachment Proceedings Against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

An open letter by leading constitutional law scholars.
Jan. 10, 2024 and

How Long Will Trump’s DC Immunity Appeal Take? Analyzing the Alternative Timelines

An overview of the potential procedural pathways for former President Trump's appeal of his federal prosecution for election interference.
Jan. 9, 2024 , and 1 more
Justice Department Building Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC with the American Flag in the front.

How the KKK Produced the Department of Justice

The Department of Justice was founded specifically to counter domestic terrorism. A new law to better prosecute today’s domestic terrorists and more effectively deter people…
Jan. 8, 2024 and
The building of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2019. (Photo by OSeveno via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license)

A Symposium on the International Criminal Court and the Israel-Hamas War

With news that the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants in relation to the situation in Palestine, read the latest in our symposium to provide legal and policy…
Jan. 7, 2024
Insurgents inside the Capitol building during the January 6 attack. One holds a phone in front of his face, and a poster is erected over a statue. The poster reads, “America First Never give up never surrender!!!”

Introduction to Expert Statements on Role of Extremism in Social and News Media, submitted to January 6th House Select Committee

Twenty statements from leading experts in law, academia, and other research organizations
Jan. 6, 2024 and

Old Constitutional Provisions and Presidential Selection: The folly of exhuming Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

A critical analysis of the use of the 14th Amendment to bar candidates, including former President Trump, from running for office, without congressional implementing legislation.…
Jan. 5, 2024
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