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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) arrive to the Senate chamber for impeachment proceedings at the U.S. Capitol on January 16, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Hearsay and the Impeachment Trial

How big an issue is it that the Senate will allow hearsay objections as a basis to exclude evidence from the record?
Jay Sekulow, personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, and Pat Cipollone, White House counsel, wait for an elevator as they arrive at the U.S. Capitol on January 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. Jay Sekulow grins widely.

Constitutional Crabgrass: President Trump’s Defenders Distort the Impeachment Clause

Leading scholar on history of impeachment pens a scathing critique of Dershowitz argument. Calls it "brazenly wrong."

The Early Edition: January 24, 2020

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Trump arrives at the White House on January 22, 2020 in Washington, DC.

What Sort of “Abuse of Power” Would Amount to an Impeachable Offense?

Philip Bobbitt writes that the Ukraine allegations amount to an impeachable abuse of power, but not the way some have framed it.
Flooding at a camp for internally displaced persons in Madinatu, Old Maiduguri. Women walk along the edges of the tents in attempt to avoid the flooded areas.

U.S. Counterterrorism Rule Hampers Vital Humanitarian Aid in Nigeria

The requirement significantly complicates the situation for aid workers in northeastern Nigeria, one of the world’s gravest humanitarian crises.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies about the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 11, 2019.

Pumping the Brakes a Bit on FISA “Reform”

Critics of FISA on both the left and the right are seizing on the DOJ inspector general's report as an opportunity to significantly alter FISA.
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda sits at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of the trial of former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda in the Hague, the Netherlands, on August 28, 2018.

International Criminal Court and the Question of Palestine’s Statehood: Part II

Ambassador (ret.) Todd F. Buchwald dissects the most vexing issues as to whether the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to hear Palestine's case.

The Early Edition: January 23, 2020

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Pins on a Map of Europe and North Africa

Compilation of States’ Reactions to U.S. and Iranian Uses of Force in Iraq in January 2020

A comprehensive guide to every state in the world's reaction to the U.S. operation killing of Qassem Soleimani and to the Iranian military response.
A Reiss Center on Law and Security panel with Liza Goitein, Andrew McCabe, Julian Sanchez, Andrew Weissmann, and Adam Serwer.

Video of Expert Panel: Reforming the FISA Process — Proposals for the Future

Full video of public conversation featuring Liza Goitein, Andrew McCabe, Julian Sanchez, Adam Serwer (moderator), and Andrew Weissmann.
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda looks on before the start of the trial of former Ivory Coast president and former youth minister at the International Criminal Court of The Hague, on January 28, 2016.

International Criminal Court and the Question of Palestine’s Statehood: Part I

Ambassador (ret.) Todd F. Buchwald dissects the most vexing issues as to whether the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to hear Palestine's case.

The Early Edition: January 22, 2020

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