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US Senators Ron Johnson, Chris Murphy and John Barrasso walk out of the presidential office to make a press statement following a meeting with Ukraine's President in Kiev on February 14, 2020.

The Senate Created a Playbook to Counter Foreign Influence. Then it Did the Opposite.

"Disinformation about disinformation is in itself, of course, a form of disinformation, and makes our ability to identify, expose, and explain it much more difficult. Likewise,…
A car of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) drives past Ukrainian servicemen in the settlement of Odradivka prior to a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on December 29, 2019.

The OSCE: A Bulwark Against Authoritarianism

On the 45th anniversary of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, don't abandon it by leaving its crucial institutions without leadership.

Early Edition: August 13, 2020

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and…
A Lebanese protester waves a national flag amid clashes with security forces in the vicinity of Parliament in central Beirut on August 10, 2020.

Lebanon’s Peace Cartel is Irredeemable – How Donors Choose to Help Can Tip the Scales

Who controls aid matters for the immediate disaster response and for the leverage of those who have suffered the disaster against those who enabled it.
Speaker Pelosi And Women's Caucus Speak To Media On Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) on February 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.

In the Battle for the ERA, Global Constitutionalism and State Sovereignty

To reflect a generation of global constitutional developments on sex equality, have a democratic national conversation in Congress.
An audio feed of Supreme Court oral arguments in Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG is heard via a teleconference due to COVID-19, as seen on a laptop in Washington, DC, May 12, 2020.

Supreme Court’s Trump v. Mazars Ruling Gave Attorney-Client Privilege a Boost in Congress

The decision gives executive branch officials and private parties greater ability to resist subpoenas on traditional common law privilege grounds.

Early Edition: August 12, 2020

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National Women's Party leaders watch as Alice Paul sews a "ratification star" on a flag. From left to right: Mabel Vernon, Elizabeth Kolb, Alice Paul, Florence Brewer Boeckel, Anita Politzer, Sue Shelton White, and Vivian Pearce.

US Court Skirmishes Over Deadline’s Validity Leave ERA in Limbo

Questions of timing, rescissions, certification, and the authority of the courts and Congress stall the Equal Rights Amendment.
Rudy Giuliani and Andrii Derkach, in Kyiv, Ukraine Dec. 5, 2019 posted on Facebook (left); Andrii Telizhenko and Sen. Ron Johnson posted on Facebook, July 11, 2019 (center); Rudy Guiliani and Andrii Telizhenko posted on Facebook, July 18, 2020 (right)

How Sen. Ron Johnson’s Investigation Became an Enabler of Russian Disinformation: Part I

"There are three channels of Russian disinformation that have apparently affected Sen. Johnson’s Ukraine-related investigations."
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2019.

Immigration Maximalism at the Supreme Court

"The approach taken in these important cases is the opposite of 'minimalism,' and they provide important lessons for the long-term agenda of the Roberts Court."
Anthony Lester

In Memory of Anthony P. Lester

This article is co-published with EJIL Talk!   When lawyers tell of the making of European law, they usually speak of statespersons like Jean Monnet, cases like van Gend…
An engineer-virologist looks at 24 well plates adherent cells monolayer infected with a Sars-CoV-2 virus.

The Second Oxford Statement on International Law Protections of the Healthcare Sector During Covid-19: Safeguarding Vaccine Research

International lawyers who wish to append their name to the Statement should send an email to ...
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