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Lawfare5h ago
Following Robert Mueller's death, Benjamin Wittes reflects on the legacy of his investigation into the Russians alleged election interference in 2016 and the Mueller Report summarizing the investigation in The Situation. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--the-enduring-truths-of-the-mueller-report
The Situation: The Enduring Truths of the Mueller Report

There are four of them. 

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Lawfare7h ago

Following today's hearing at 4:30ET/1:30PT on Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction, Benjamin Wittes will be joined by Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Kate Klonick on a Lawfare Live to discuss what went down.

The live is currently scheduled for 6:30 pm ET but is subject to change! We will announce the confirmed start time on our social media and YouTube account once the hearing concludes. https://youtube.com/live/v4HrF1yNUT0?feature=share

Lawfare Live: A Hearing on Anthropic's Preliminary Injunction Motion

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Lawfare9h ago
On March 2, French President Emmanuel Macron laid out his vision for the future of nuclear deterrence in Europe. Ariane Tabatabai and John Drennan explore how this plan to decrease Europe's reliance on U.S. extended deterrence may impact the transatlantic relationship. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-europeanization-of-deterrence
The Europeanization of Deterrence

What Macron’s Ile Longue speech means for transatlantic nuclear strategy.

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Lawfare11h ago
On Lawfare Daily, Ariane Tabatabai sat down with Elisa Catalano Ewers to talk about Iranian intentions and capabilities, the U.S. response and capability gaps, and how allies and partners, in the Middle East and beyond, are participating. https://youtu.be/69yKVb9mbJo
Lawfare Daily: The Gulf Widens

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Lawfare12h ago
Today, the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether the government may nullify the INA’s asylum requirements by stopping asylum-seekers before they cross the border. Joshua Villanueva and Michael Endrias explain the case and arguments both sides are likely to make. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/supreme-court-argument-preview--when-does-asylum-begin-at-the-border
Supreme Court Argument Preview: When Does Asylum Begin at the Border?

The Court will decide whether asylum begins at the port of entry or only after a person steps onto U.S. soil.

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Lawfare1d ago

"The point is not accuracy. As Schmitt tells the reader, the point is the story. And in the age of framing and attention games, this realization is unfortunately not entirely wrong."

Renee DiResta discusses Senator Eric Schmitt's new book. http://lawfaremedia.org/article/a-litigation-playbook-for-narrative-warfare

A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare

Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.

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Lawfare1d ago
Attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are a part of a broader campaign of economic warfare in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran as both sides aim to weaken the adversary’s will to fight. Bertina Kudrin explains the legal regimes governing attacks on the strait and economic warfare. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-strait-of-hormuz-and-the-limits-of-maritime-law
The Strait of Hormuz and the Limits of Maritime Law

The legal regimes governing attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and economic warfare as an act of self-defense.

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Lawfare1d ago
"There are these things—apparently unrelated to The Situation—that would be happening anyway. Unsettling things. Things that make it hard to be human, hard to be an American human, in the year 2026," writes Benjamin Wittes in The Situation. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--meanwhile--part-ii
The Situation: Meanwhile, Part II

Don’t look now but even without The Situation, things would really suck.

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Lawfare1d ago
Today's Lawfare Daily is the March 21 livestream where Benjamin Wittes sat down with Eric Columbus, Roger Parloff, Anna Bower, and Molly Roberts to discuss the government’s response to Anthropic’s suit, a judge ordering the reinstatement of many Voice of America employees, and more. https://youtube.com/live/b4I6-QyDaZU
Lawfare4d ago
In 1 hour, Benjamin Wittes, Roger Parloff, Eric Columbus, Anna Bower, and Molly Roberts will discuss litigation over the administration’s immigration policies, a judge ordering the reinstatement of many Voice of America employees, and more. https://youtube.com/live/b4I6-QyDaZU
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 20

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