Litigation

To unpack the initial decision in Missouri v. Biden, and what it means for the First Amendment, we have Knight Institute Fellow Mayze Teitler.

"Democracies that resort readily to the criminal law against political rivals risk finding themselves at some stage categorized as ex-democracies."

Invoking the First Amendment, a single district court judge effectively issued a prior restraint on large swaths of speech, cutting short an essential dialogue between the government…

On June 13, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in response to an historic federal indictment concerning the mishandling of highly classified U.S. intelligence information.…

Calculating a potential prison sentence, with some caveats, in the case of former President Donald Trump's indictment.

Espionage Act cases often require a balancing of the need to protect sensitive intelligence information and a defendant’s due process rights.

The former president's retention of highly classified intelligence has potentially grave implications for U.S. national security.

Much has been written in the last 24 hours about where charges against former President Donald Trump would be brought with respect to his handling of government documents and obstructing…

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'…

"The authors have decades of experience as federal prosecutors and defense lawyers, as well as other legal expertise. Based upon this experience and the analysis that follows,…

The strongest case involves statements to tax authorities falsely characterizing the payments to Michael Cohen as “legal fees.”

Part of Just Security’s work on accountability and election law. Originally published on March 29, 2023; updated version published on May 24, 2023. On April 4, 2023, Manhattan…