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Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters confront each other during the vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 7, 2020.

Nonviolent Civic Action May Help Defend the Integrity of the Election

Media outlets, protestors, and officials will play essential roles in either exacerbating or alleviating tensions that can lead to violence.
Packages fill the shelves in the Miguel Nieto Department Store on February 1, 2020 in Presidio, Texas. - Ranchers from both sides of the border use the the Miguel Nieto Department Store as a pick up spot for their packages because they live in such remote locations.

The President and Immigration Law Series: The Consequences of the Free Rein of Enforcement on Borderlands Society

Next in our President and Immigration Law series, Josiah Heyman explores how an emphasis on enforcement transforms U.S. borderlands into enforcement zones of maximal executive…
A Christmas nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary, and Joseph separated and caged, as asylum seekers detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at Claremont United Methodist Church on December 9, 2019 in Claremont, California.

The President and Immigration Law Series: The Urgent Need to Shrink Immigration Detention

Next in our series on The President and Immigration Law, Margo Schlanger argues that the current immigration detention regime – a co-production of Congress and the executive…
Trump and Pompeo

Trump’s Executive Order on the ICC is Illegal, Not Just Shameful

Significant First Amendment concerns are raised by the administration's sanctions against the International Criminal Court and against those who support the ICC's work.

Early Edition: October 13, 2020

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.  US…
Activists chant in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2020. Signs read, "Here to Stay" and "Home Is Here."

The President and Immigration Law Series: Executive Power Beyond Enforcement

Nicholas Espiritu cautions that presidential power goes beyond enforcement - and neither bureaucratic nor constitutional safeguards are sufficient to check these quasi-legislative…
The Statue of Liberty is viewed from the rooftop of the new Statue of Liberty Museum, May 13, 2019 on Liberty Island in New York City.

The President and Immigration Law: Introduction to a Just Security Series

In order to develop a meaningful reform agenda, it is essential to understand how the U.S. immigration system and the president’s prominent role within it came to be. In a new…
A side by side collage of a portrait of Lincoln, a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, and a photo of Trump and Amy Coney Barrett speaking.

Lincoln and that Supreme Court Vacancy: A Deference to Democracy

"Evidence abounds that Lincoln deferred his choice primarily because he understood how improper—even defiant—it would be to choose Taney’s successor with only a few weeks…
Kashmiri women journalists hold placards as they protest against the continued communication blockade by the Indian authorities after the revocation of special status of Kashmir on October 3, 2019 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Signs read, “End communication blockade,” “End information clampdown,” “End communication blockade in Kashmir,” and “Communication blockade 60 days and counting…”

Amnesty International Calls for India to Lift Account Freeze to Resume Vital Human Rights Work

Senior US officials traveling to India this month should urge the immediate lifting of the account freeze and press India to guarantee rights of civil society organizations to…
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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Oct 5-9)

Analysis of the week’s news and developments.
Issa Konfourou, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mali to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Oct. 2 – 9)

WFP wins the Nobel Peace Prize; new PM appointed in Mali; conflict continues in Nagorno-Karabakh; and countries split on China's human rights record.
Trump looks out from the Truman Balcony as he arrives at the White House upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he underwent treatment for Covid-19, in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2020. He does not wear a face mask.

Shaky Hands in the Oval Office

Like another president's illness, Trump's bout with COVID-19 exposes the risks of a personalized foreign policy that dismisses national security structures.
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