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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

A new, regularly updated tracker for the 2024 election.
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Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases

A public resource that tracks the legal and political milestones in former President Trump's busy 2023-2024 court and campaign calendar.
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A Confusing Rule for the Ages: A Review of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Presidential Immunity

The Senate Judiciary Committee's presidential immunity hearing showed fault lines in reactions to the Trump v. United States decision.
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A 2024 Election Litigation Hot List

The cases include ones affiliated with major political parties, tackling emerging legal fault lines in the 2024 election, and involving issues of trust in the democratic process…

Election Certification Refusers Are a Movement: Georgia Lawsuit Highlights Alarming Trend

"What exactly is happening in Georgia offers insight into trend lines in other parts of the country."
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After Immunity: How Judge Chutkan Should Apply Trump v. U.S.—and When

A deep dive into the state of play in United States v. Trump.
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Presidential Immunity Decision May Have Implications for Congressional-Executive Divide on Criminal Contempt

With Trump v. United States, a majority of the Supreme Court appears ready to resolve a longstanding dispute over prosecutorial discretion in contempt of Congress cases in favor…
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The Just Security Podcast: Assessing the Recent Response of International Law and Institutions in Palestine and Israel

What have international institutions chosen to condemn as violations of community norms, and what conduct has been silenced or omitted?

After Immunity: The Path Forward for the January 6th Case

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. The Supreme Court’s Immunity Framework III. Applying the Court’s Immunity Decision to the Indictment 1. Undisputed Unofficial Conduct…
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Collecting Just Security’s Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Term

A collection of legal and policy analysis of key cases from the Supreme Court's tumultuous term.

A Prudential Way Forward in Trump v. United States

"The Supreme Court, in Trump, provides the basis for ... a prudential approach going forward."

Dept of Justice Promises to Declassify Standard Operating Procedure for Coordinating with Social Media Platforms

Department of Justice set to release declassified Standard Operating Procedure for coordinating with social media platforms on foreign malign influence and First Amendment.
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