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Featured Articles

Trump’s Subpoena Gamble: Fighting It Could Open Door to Indictment

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Trump’s Escalating Assault on the Justice Department:  Time to Review Dershowitz’s Defense of Unreviewable Presidential Control of Federal Law Enforcement

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Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting

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Dispelling the NYT’s “The Daily” Podcast’s Misconceptions about Mueller’s Options

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The Missing Justice Dep’t Memo on Whether a President Can Be Subpoenaed to Testify in a Criminal Case

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Collectivizing Threat: An Analysis of Israel’s Legal Claims for Resort to Force on the Gaza Border

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Process as well as Substance is Important in ICC’s Rohingya Decision

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‘If the world knows, they’ll stop the war’: Reflections from Southern Yemen

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The Intel Community’s Annual Transparency Report Raises More Questions Than It Answers

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Crime or Slime: Making Sense of Michael Cohen’s Shell Company

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DHS: Not Entitled to Its Own Facts

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Gina Haspel and the Elusive Shadow of CIA Torture: A Response to Ben Wittes

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The Future of the US Military Commissions: Legal and Policy Issues

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UPDATE: Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018

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Nixon’s Long Shadow: Donald Trump’s Emerging Constitutional Defense Against Investigation–and Indictment

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Can the Presidency Trump a Special Counsel Subpoena?

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The DNC Lawsuit and First Amendment Sensitivities

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What Mueller’s Questions to Trump Reveal About the Future of the Russia Investigation

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What Questions Should Congress Be Asking DoD About Civilian Casualties?

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Legal Implications of the Defect in Pentagon’s Civilian Casualty Assessments

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Jesner v. Arab Bank: The Supreme Court Preserves the Possibility of Human Rights Suits Against U.S. Corporations

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The Politicization of Our Security Institutions

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A Dozen Questions Parliament Should Ask Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer

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