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Do Federal Courts Lack the Power To Directly Enjoin the President?
That’s the argument the Justice Department is making in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump — the lawsuit in New York challenging President Trump’s blocking…
How Mueller Can Make the Grand Jury Report Public or Hand it to Congress
With news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has begun using grand juries to conduct his investigation, there are now questions about where it might all lead. Of course, it might…
Don’t Expect Indictments Soon in Russia Probe: When Counterintelligence and Prosecutorial Interests Meet
The recent news of a July FBI raid on the home of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has raised expectations in some circles that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation…
Just Security’s Summer Vacation Reading List
Just Security is on a reduced schedule this week for summer vacation, which means we will publish some commentary and analysis but at a lower rate than usual. Our pieces this week…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (August 7-11)
I. Afghanistan Laura Dickinson, A Legal and Policy Risk Analysis of the Erik Prince Plan to Privatize War in Afghanistan (Thursday, August 10) II. Foreign Intelligence Analysis:…
Bringing the AUMF Debate Back to its Constitutional Roots, and Recent History
A U.S. Army howitzer firing at Islamic State positions in Iraq in 2016. Last Friday, Rita Siemion published an insightful analysis of the Trump Administration’s first meaningful…
A Round-Up of Just Security’s Coverage of Trump’s Trans Ban
It’s been over two weeks since President Donald Trump tweeted his decision to ban transgender people from serving from the military. On the Wednesday it happened, the White House…
Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (August 4-August 11)
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
Rape as a Tactic of Terror: Holding the Islamic State Accountable
Earlier this year, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney spoke at the United Nations to press the global body to hold the Islamic State accountable for rape and other crimes committed…
Aggression, Armed Conflict, and the Right to Life: Does UN Human Rights Committee Get it Right?
Is it possible to respect the human right to life in the context of war? Or does war, by its very nature, involve the arbitrary deprivation of life? Last month, the United Nations…
The Early Edition: August 11, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. NORTH KOREA “So, if anything,…
A Few Thoughts on the Manafort Raid
Alex Whiting has already written an excellent clarifying post on Wednesday morning’s news that the FBI had conducted an early morning raid of former Trump campaign chair…