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Expert Backgrounder: Secret Evidence in Public Trials
How, in prosecutions for mishandling classified documents, the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) is designed to protect both U.S. national security secrets and defendants'…
Stewart Rhodes Should Get No Leniency For Leading Anti-Government Paramilitary Group
The Oath Keepers' record of taking up arms against the government shows why Stewart Rhodes' request for leniency in sentencing should be roundly rejected.
As Title 42 Comes to an End, So Should Military Operations at the US-Mexico Border
"The militarization of the southern border not only stigmatizes migrants and asylum seekers but also undermines core legal principles designed to protect democracy and individual…
The April 2023 Indictment for Russian Election Interference and Threats to U.S. Democracy
The recent indictment of Russian and U.S. citizens for election interference reveals Kremlin’s new mix of strategies to destabilize American democracy.
How Democratic Govts Become Complicit in Transnational Repression: Another Rwanda-US Case
In this one, the US government may have fallen prey to disinformation planted by an autocratic regime, and the pattern isn't rare.
The War From Within: Racial Injustice in the US Prison System
Promoting American values abroad requires upholding them at home by addressing systemic and institutional racism.
To Curb Gang Violence in Haiti, Break with Politics as Usual
International efforts rarely succeed because there are always Haitian political and business leaders ready to resupply gangs for support.
The Broad Scope of “Intent to Defraud” in the New York Crime of Falsifying Business Records
"While there are other legal hurdles for the Manhattan DA to cross in the indictment of the former president, this element of the relevant offenses poses no obstacle..."
Survey of Past Criminal Prosecutions for Covert Payments to Benefit a Political Campaign
Surreptitious third-party payments are routinely prosecuted as campaign finance violations in New York and nationally under various statutes.
Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records
A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.
Profiles of the January 6th Inmates in the D.C. Jail
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and James Comer (R-Ky.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, recently announced their intent to arrange for a congressional…
Trump’s Hush Money is News Again. Here’s Why We Should Care
A criminal investigation of former president Donald Trump now being restarted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and also discussed in a new book by one of his former…