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Trump’s Escalating Assault on the Justice Department: Time to Review Dershowitz’s Defense of Unreviewable Presidential Control of Federal Law Enforcement
President Trump has taken a dramatic turn in his push against the Justice Department. His approach his built on a theory that Alan Dershowitz defends on television. But when Dershowitz…
The Early Edition: May 21, 2018
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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (May 12-May 18)
Russia Investigation Douglas W. Kmiec and Ryan Goodman, The Missing Justice Dep’t Memo on Whether a President Can Be Subpoenaed to Tesify in a Criminal Case Asha Rangappa…
Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting
What the new documents tell us about some of the basic questions surrounding the fateful meeting.
Dispelling the NYT’s “The Daily” Podcast’s Misconceptions about Mueller’s Options
Professor Goodman explodes four common myths about Mueller's options if the special counsel finds the President engaged in criminal activity. Some avenues are closed or risky,…
Letter to the Editor: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Reader’s Guide
Harold Koh and the Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic should be proud of their work. Released on April 18, the Clinic’s “Reader’s Guide” to Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth…
Contempt of Congress, Contempt by Congress
The latest sideshow stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion is Congressmen Devin Nunes’s (R-Calif.) and Mark Meadows’s (R-N.C.)…
The Early Edition: May 18, 2018
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Gaza and Israel: What Do Calls for “Restraint” Really Mean?
International reactions to the violence that erupted this week on Gaza’s border with Israel have taken shape around a somewhat familiar refrain – a call for restraint. …
Digital Free for All Part Deux: European Commission Proposal on E-Evidence
The European Commission has released a proposal to enable EU-member states’ law enforcement authorities to access digital information regardless of where that data is stored.…
The Missing Justice Dep’t Memo on Whether a President Can Be Subpoenaed to Testify in a Criminal Case
A hot button issue in the Russian investigation is whether a sitting president can be subpoenaed to testify in a criminal proceeding. There's a critical Justice Department opinion…
The Early Edition: May 17, 2018
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