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The Early Edition: October 3, 2019

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…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes a question during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2019 in New York City.

Pompeo’s Letter Is the Trump Administration’s Opening Salvo of Obstruction

The Trump administration now seems to be reverting to its previous strategy of total obstruction based on maximalist interpretations of executive authority.
Gregory Craig, former White House counsel to U.S. President Barack Obama, arrives at federal court September 3, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Greg Craig: The Government’s Latest Swing at FARA Enforcement & What Comes Next

In an offshoot of the Paul Manafort case in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, former Obama White House counsel and veteran Washington lobbyist Greg Craig was acquitted…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee May 23, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Deciphering the Pompeo-House Clash Over Witnesses

Top congressional oversight expert breaks it down — what are the competing claims, and which ones are stronger or weaker?

The Early Edition: October 2, 2019

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Contesting the Legality of Internet Shutdowns

As government communications shutdowns become more frequent, legal challenges citing international human rights law and domestic constitutional protections are also on the rise.…
A Sudanese demonstrator waves his hands as he stands on the hood of a security forces' vehicle, urging others not to cross the security barrier, during a protest near the presidential palace in Sudan's capital Khartoum on September 12, 2019, calling for the appointment of a new permanent chief of judiciary and prosecutor general.

Bringing the Rule of Law to Sudan

The country's new civilian ministers of justice and foreign affairs outlined their plans at the United Nations and appealed for international support before the window of opportunity…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on September 26, 2019 in Washington, DC.

There Is No Constitutional Impediment to an Impeachment Inquiry that Concerns National Security

The Constitution assigns the House of Representatives the impeachment power precisely to address situations where an urgent national security risk means accountability can’t…

The Early Edition: October 1, 2019

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On the Principle of Non-Use of Force in Current International Law

[Editor’s note from co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman: Just Security publishes, on very rare occasions, a long form analysis by a leading scholar or other expert on an important…
Trump with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, at the White House on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

Trump Goes Full Putin—Capitulation Inside the Oval Office

Trump's following Putin's whataboutism not simply for public consumption. He’s apparently internalized it and turned it against the United States.

Top Expert Backgrounder: Trump’s Impeachment–What Comes Next?

Yale Law School's Harold Koh describes the next set of decisions on the current road to impeachment of President Trump.
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