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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 2-9)
I. Featured Essay (on President Trump, the Intelligence Community, and Democratic Institutions) Jeffrey H. Smith, Of Laws, Not Men (Friday, June 9) II. Trump Campaign and Russia…
Of Laws, Not Men
Those old enough to remember Watergate will recall that “we are a government of laws, not men” became a mantra. It was repeated so often as to risk banality. But we are a nation…
The Silly “Comey-the-Criminal” Meme–a.k.a. Why Claims that Comey’s a “Leaker” Ring Hollow
The strangest claim to emerge from yesterday’s Senate intelligence committee hearing is the one first suggested by President Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz,…
Ask a Law Professor: Was it Obstruction?
With former FBI director James Comey’s hearing today, we heard it straight from the horse’s mouth that Comey interpreted President Trump’s “hope”…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, June 5-9
Tuesday, June 6 9:30am – Senate Armed Services Committee – Posture of the Department of the Air Force (here) 10:00am – Senate Homeland Security Committee – The…
More on the Effective Date of the Entry Ban and the Hawaii Injunction (Response to Will Baude)
In a post yesterday, I argued that it wouldn’t make much sense for the Supreme Court to grant the government’s petition for certiorari in the “entry ban”…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (May 29-June 2)
I. Trump and Russia Bob Bauer, Campaign Finance Law: When “Collusion” with a Foreign Government Becomes a Crime (Friday, June 2) Andy Wright and Kate Brannen, Could the White…
A simple reason to deny cert. in Trump v. IRAP: because the entry ban expires in 12 days, anyway
Cross-posted at Take Care. Last night, the Acting Solicitor General filed a petition for certiorari in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project, the Maryland case…
Why the Supreme Court Should Take the Two New Guantánamo Military Commission Appeals
In a footnote to his concurring opinion in the en banc D.C. Circuit’s October 2016 ruling in al Bahlul v. United States, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh stressed the…
New Atrocities Prevention & Response Legislation Introduced
I posted earlier about a new bipartisan bill to advance accountability in Syria: the Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act of 2017 (current status is here). Two additional pieces…
Delegating Commander-in-Chief Powers–Where to strike the balance
The Trump Administration is busy reconsidering the United States’ approach to counterterrorism, and its revised policies will assuredly reflect President Trump’s desire to…
Memorial Day
In honor of Memorial Day, Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule with a lower volume of posts than normal. If any major, time-sensitive developments occur, we will do…