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The Limits of What Gov’t Can Do About Jan. 6th Committee’s Social Media and Extremism Findings

Professor Barrett writes that the First Amendment constrains the U.S. government policy options, and solutions to the problems identified need to be found elsewhere.

Just Security Podcast: Unfinished Business of January 6th Committee

Andrew Weissmann, Mary McCord join the podcast to analyze next steps for prosecutors and ongoing paramilitary and anti-democratic threats.

January 6th Report Exposes Ongoing, Converging Threat of Anti-Democracy Schemes and Paramilitary Violence

Top experts on militias in the United States highlight January 6th Report findings, mounting threats, prevailing mythologies -- and what we can all do about it.
Committee members attend the fifth hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2022 in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.

Insiders’ View of the January 6th Committee’s Social Media Investigation

Former investigators from the January 6th Select Committee's Purple Team discuss their assessments.

January 6th Report Summarizes Extremist Threat – But Leaves Key Gaps

"The absence of recommendations concerning violent extremism and law enforcement represent two of the most glaring omissions in the report."
A collage of images featuring scenes from this year's key developments

2023 Forward: Democracy, Russia-Ukraine War, Tech Policy, Climate Change

"In the final few days of 2022, we turn again to an expression of thanks – to our amazing colleagues who help produce Just Security, to our authors who fill the pages with their…
Pro-Trump flags are waved in front of the U.S. Capitol

Major Highlights of the January 6th Report

Among the investigation's closest observers, Goodman and Hendrix analyze key new revelations in the House Select Committee's final report.

The Just Security Podcast: The Conclusion of the January 6th Committee

After nearly a year and a half of hearings and interviews the January 6th Committee is wrapping up its work. It held its final hearing on Monday, will issue its final report Thursday,…

How Jan. 6th Committee’s Revelations of Interference in Their Investigation Can Enable the Special Counsel

The kind of new evidence that can aid Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigations of January 6th and Mar-a-Lago.
U.S. Soldiers of the 663rd Ordnance Company, 242nd Ordnance Battalion, drive military vehicles to the explosives range at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2019. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers utilize these ranges to provide controlled disposal of explosive Ordnance. The Coalition is in Iraq by invitation of, and operates in close coordination with, the Government of Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Mustard)

Missed Opportunities and Minor Progress: The FY 2023 National Defense Bill and War Powers

One big disappointing omission and otherwise a mixed bag from the standpoint of winding down the United States’ forever wars -- despite leaders of both parties having proclaimed…

Prosecuting the Fake Electors: Wisconsin Case Study and Template for Other States

The missing state and local criminal investigations of 2020’s "false slates of electors." A model for potential criminal prosecutions under Wisconsin state law.

How the US Can Help the Struggling Yazidi Community in Iraq

More than eight years since ISIS destroyed Sinjar, the region still needs rescue, redevelopment, and political pressure for lasting stability.
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