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Despite Years of Recommendations, Government Still Rewards Bad Policies for Body Cameras

In the last several years, we have seen a boom in the use of police body cameras. Departments across the country have adopted the cameras, and most of the nation’s largest cities…

Incomplete Justice: The Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Should Have Gotten Life Behind Bars

On Thursday, Michael Slager, a former police officer with the North Charleston, S.C. Police Department, was sentenced to twenty years in federal prison—not life imprisonment.…

New Suit Filed in Virginia to Prevent Another “Charlottesville” Paramilitary Rally

Just Security readers may find of interest the lawsuit that my colleagues and I at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, alongside local counsel,…
West Point viewed from overhead. Large grassy fields and a baseball field are seen in front of the complex.

The Tangled History of Confederate Generals at West Point and in the US Army: What’s in a Name?

In an article on renaming Lee Barracks at West Point, Benjamin Haas, who like myself is a West Point graduate, argued that the United States Military Academy should remove Robert…
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a political rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on July 11, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. People crowd around him holding Trump signs.

Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (August 18-August 25)

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
West Point Military Academy taken from across the Hudson River.

West Point Grad: Rename Lee Barracks

West Point, my alma mater, is a source of great personal pride. It always has been, and it always will be. The institution has recently taken several steps worthy of particularly…

10 Similarities in David Duke’s and Pres. Trump’s Unscripted Remarks on Charlottesville

President Donald Trump’s remarks on Charlottesville during a news conference last Tuesday received applause from white nationalists including David Duke and Richard Spencer.…

The ICJ Issues Provisional Measures Against Russia on Ukraine’s Racial Discrimination Claims

Russian media are reporting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “rejected” Ukraine’s request for provisional measures against the Russian Federation in the case…

NYPD Muslim Surveillance Settlement a Victory for New Yorkers, but Vigilance Still Needed

Just a day before courts blocked President Donald Trump’s second “Muslim ban,” a judge in New York City formally approved a joint settlement in two lawsuits challenging…

Ukraine v. Russia: Before the International Court of Justice

With all the news around President Donald Trump taking office, and the mass protests, controversial executive orders, and pending lawsuits that followed, it may have escaped notice…

Martin Luther King Day at Just Security

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Just Security is on a reduced schedule. We will address any major news development today, and will return at full steam tomorrow. In the meantime,…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule with a lower volume of posts than normal. If any major, time-sensitive developments occur,…
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