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In Trump Case, Procedures Exist to Safeguard the Former President’s Right to an Impartial Jury

"[E]nsuring that Trump receives a fair trial while maintaining his Sixth Amendment rights is a necessary step on the path toward accountability."
(L-R) FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and CIA Director William Burns testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill March 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. The leaders of the intelligence agencies testified on a wide range of issues, including China, Covid-19 origins, and TikTok. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

To Strengthen US National Security, Diverse Teams Should Be a Given

The field shows important signs of critical gains but also more work to do to elevate women, particularly women of color.
Clouds pass over the Capitol Dome as the Senate resumes debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)(Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images).

Senate Foreign Relations Committee FY2024 State Department Budget Hearing: Key Takeaways

"An overarching concern of the senators was the organizational capacity of the State Department to respond nimbly to [global] challenges."
US Capitol Building against a sunset

Congress Mandates Sweeping Transparency Reforms for International Agreements

"While there are still important gaps in the oversight regime, this legislative enactment represents the most significant transparency reform for international agreements in a…
Members of the DC National Guard are deployed outside of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup.

The Biden Administration’s Senseless Opposition to Congress’s Effort to Prevent Abusive National Guard Deployments

Section 516 of the NDAA is a commonsense reform that would prevent a president from borrowing the National Guard of a political ally to use it as a domestic police force in an…
The outside columns and relief of the US Treasury Department building in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019.

Sanctions and Corruption: Assessing Risk to Improve Design

Increased corruption is a common unintended consequences of sanctions. Alongside considering humanitarian consequences, the U.S. should account for corruption risks, and ways to…
The White House lawn on a sunny day with the White House in the background.

The Executive Branch Needs Intelligence Oversight Reform

The PIOB and PCLOB should be combined into a single White House civil liberties and compliance office, with an expanded mission.
Two tall greyscale rectangles cast dark shadows representing the Twin Towers. Text reads, “How Perpetual War Has Changed Us: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11”

Crossing Back Over: Time to Reform Legal Culture and Legal Practice of the “War on Terror”

As the conflict has grown and changed, responsibility for these changes has too often been thrust on the shoulders of executive lawyers.
Noxious weeds grow around a Lake Mendocino boat ramp as the water level dropped to 29% capacity on June 2, 2021, near Ukiah, California.

A Pandemic Isn’t the Only Kind of “Catastrophic Risk.” It’s Time to Prepare More Seriously for the Next.

If any good is to come of this crisis, it must be an increased awareness of America’s vulnerability -- and what it takes to prepare.
Syrian refugees watch from their window as others get tested for the covid-19, during a testing campaign organised by Lebanon's health ministry and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the southern city of Sidon, on May 28, 2020.

Big Shoulders — How the US Can Remedy Its Failures on Refugee Admissions

Despite its size and wealth, America consistently fails to do its part in upholding the terms of an international convention it helped create.
The U.S. Capitol dome at dusk on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.

An Opportunity for Congress to Require Transparency of the Executive’s International Agreements

The newly introduced bipartisan legislation would constitute the most significant improvement in the transparency of international agreements since the enactment of the Case Act…
Pro-democracy protesters hold up a sign showing a meme of U.S. President Elect Joe Biden and "No 112" on them during a rally at the Nonthaburi Police Station on December 08, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.

US Human Rights Policy: How to Really Build Back Better

The Biden administration must create a system in which human rights and democracy policymaking is embedded and integrated in its decision-making machinery.
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