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Recently Released OLC Opinions From 1974 Shed Light on Current Legal Debates
Earlier this month, my colleagues and I at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University secured the release of 96 previously withheld opinions authored by the Justice…

Nixon Went to China. Trump Should Go to Wuhan.
This week the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) convenes in virtual format, under the shadow of a dangerous pandemic, and with…

Why the Flynn Dismissal Deserves a Hard Look by the Court
The judge presiding over the Michael Flynn case is right to take a hard look at the Department of Justice’s eleventh-hour motion to dismiss the false statements charge to which…

The Early Edition: May 18, 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…

Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (May 11-15)
Quick guide to our analysis and commentary of the week.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 8-15)
(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…

Anticipating Phase Two of the Trumped Up “Obamagate”
Grappling with the potential criminal liability of leakers of the Flynn phone call, and how Trump and Barr will exploit it in their ongoing campaign of public deception.

U.S. Fails to Acknowledge Killing Yemeni Civilians
A Yemen-based human rights organization has documented the impact of U.S. air strikes for the last seven years. The results contradict DOD's report.

The Trump Administration’s Indefensible Legal Defense of Its Asylum Ban
"The Trump administration has finally made public its legal justification for its decision to halt asylum processing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is embarrassingly bad.…

Oversight and “Undermining”: Reflections on the Supreme Court Oral Arguments About Subpoenas for Trump’s Financial Information
A couple aspects of the congressional subpoena cases—Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Deutsche Bank—haven’t yet received attention they warrant.

The Early Edition: May 15, 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…

An Ongoing Problem: Germany’s Protection of Foreigners’ Communication Abroad
Will Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court press for further reforms or defer the matter to politics when it decides on the issue later this month?