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Litigating the Supreme Court’s Entry Ban Opinion: What’s the Required Connection?
All of the briefs are now in on the government’s motion to the Supreme Court for clarification of its order in Trump v. Hawaii, No. 16-1540: The Government’s Motion.…
The Early Edition: July 19, 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. SECRET TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING…
Kaveladze’s Writings: Called Media Coverage of Major Russian Crime Syndicate an “Ethnic Witch Hunt”
It is now widely reported that that Irakly “Ike” Kaveladze, the so-called eighth-person in the Trump campaign meeting with Russians on June 9, 2016, played a key role in…
Rinat Akhmetshin: Low-Hanging Fruit for Trump-Russia Investigators
Since last week’s revelation of Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and several of her associates, much of the legal focus has…
Did Trump Campaign Collude with Russia to Defeat Republican Opponents in GOP Primary?
Russia’s election interference began well before the general election. It started during the GOP primaries and clearly in support of Donald Trump over his GOP opponents. Thanks…
Letter to the Editor: Sorry, No More Chances for CVE
We read with great interest your July 5 article, Giving CVE a Chance, which minimizes the complaints of “detractors” of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program without…
The Office of Legal Counsel and Secret Law
In theory, it’s the province of the judiciary to say what the law is, but in practice this task often falls to the Office of Legal Counsel. This is because many important questions…
The Early Edition: July 18, 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. IRAN Iran is complying with…
Don Jr.’s Russia Meeting Reveals the Power of the Global Magnitsky Act
When Donald Trump Jr. sat down with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya last June, he hoped to receive information from the Russian government that would, in the words of an intermediary,…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, July 17-21
Monday, July 17 5:00 pm – Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – A Review of the State Department Reauthorization Bill for FY 2018 and the State Department Reorganization…
A Deep Dive on War Powers and the AUMF: Episode 27 of the National Security Law Podcast
The latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast—hosted by Bobby Chesney and yours truly—is out this morning, and offers a deep dive on debates over the separation of…
State Dept. Office of Global Criminal Justice on the Chopping Block–Time to Save It
Word out of Washington is that the Trump Administration has started to restructure the State Department and particularly the Under-Secretariat for Civilian Security, Democracy…