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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (January 9-15)
Attack on the Capitol - Impeachment - Democratic backsliding - Social media technology - Biden nominations - Intelligence community - Guantanamo - Corporate liability…
Incitement to Violence Ain’t Free Speech
The First Amendment protects abstract appeals for illegal actions. But there can and should be criminal liability for speech that incites the likely and imminent risk of violence.…
History Shows the Senate Can Hold an Impeachment Trial After Trump Leaves Office
The suggestion that impeachment applies only when officials are in office is not consistent with the uniform practice of impeachments in US history.
Struggles of American Democracy and Implications for Human Intelligence
Despite our democracy’s recent struggles, and perhaps even enhanced by them, America's soft-power advantage is as true now as ever.
Early Edition: January 15, 2021
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. BREACH…
A Capitol Riot and Big Tech Takes a Stand: But Is It the One We Want?
To solve the numerous challenges linked to content moderation, the spread of incitement to violence, censorship etc., we certainly need standards based on human rights law, but…
Ousted Autocratic Presidents and Their Backers in the Legislative Branch
Machinations of hardliners from Sri Lanka to Hungary, Colombia and more signal the trouble Trump and his supporters could make for the Biden administration.
What Should Congress Focus on for the DNI Confirmation Hearing?
The key policy and topic areas that should be covered in Friday's confirmation hearing for Avril Haines, Biden's nominee to be director of national intelligence.
A New Assault on a Democratic Citadel in Turkey, Too
A week before the Jan. 6 US Capitol attack, Turkey's president waged another kind of assault on one of his country’s last bastions of democratic thought.
Lessons from Benghazi: Accountability for the U.S. Capitol Attack
Just like after that attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, there must be accountability for the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Accountability for the failure of law enforcement…
The Early Edition: January 14, 2021
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. TRUMP…
Impeachment Defense, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights
The question at the moment isn’t whether the president could be charged with incitement to violence in criminal court.