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4 Mar 2019, 8:52 am by Ryan Scoville
As David Pozen has argued, agency compliance with FOIA expends financial resources, diverts attention from other tasks, potentially deters candid deliberation by government employees and appears to foster unduly negative perceptions of the executive branch. [read post]
2 Mar 2019, 6:57 am by Mikhaila Fogel
In this week’s installment of the Lawfare Podcast: Culper Partners Rule of Law Series, Nate Jones and David Kris interviewed former Attorney General Eric Holder about his views on the proper relationship between a president and the Justice Department, the Office of Legal Counsel memos that prohibit indicting a sitting president, congressional oversight of the executive branch and more: Former White House Counsel Bob Bauer examined Ken Starr’s recently… [read post]
27 Feb 2019, 4:30 am by Bob Bauer
It is revealing that Starr was apparently shocked that David Kendall, the president’s lead personal counsel, showed up in Little Rock, Arkansas, to attend a day in the trial of the Whitewater defendants. [read post]
25 Feb 2019, 5:00 am by Lev Sugarman
David Petraeus (Ret.), Suzanne Spaulding, Evan Wolff and moderator Jane Harman. [read post]
24 Feb 2019, 4:16 am by Lev Sugarman
Benjamin Wittes shared an episode of the Lawfare Podcast featuring the first episode of the new Culper Partners Rule of Law Series, in which David Kris and Nate Jones discussed rule of law issues with Senior Judge John Bates, the former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: In technology and cybersecurity policy, Michael P. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 3:15 pm by Lev Sugarman
Jordan and Aaron David Miller. [read post]
16 Feb 2019, 10:30 am by Benjamin Wittes
Over the course of several episodes, which we will be dropping into the Lawfare Podcast feed over the coming weeks and months, David and Nate examine topics including legislative and judicial oversight of the executive branch, the rule of law in counterterrorism, the relationship between law, economic security, and national security, foreign relations and the rule of law, and law and politics. [read post]
15 Feb 2019, 1:37 pm by Annika Lichtenbaum
A list of general principles drafted by former OLC head David Barron in 2010 includes recommendations to “provide an accurate and honest appraisal of applicable law, even if that advice will constrain the administration’s pursuit of desired policies. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 8:15 am by Ashley Deeks
(For an extremely comprehensive account of congressional efforts to regulate executive military operations in a way that conflicts with executive preferences, see the two Harvard Law Review articles by David Barron and Marty Lederman. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 6:29 am by Jacques Singer-Emery
Judges Judith Rogers, David Tatel and Thomas Griffith reviewed Abd Al Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri’s (“Al-Nashiri”) request for a writ of mandamus and prohibition directing the vacatur of the orders convening the military commission which tried him. [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Margaret Taylor
David Kris has written about disclosures to Congress in the context of the special counsel investigation. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Ellen Daley, Illinois’ chief procurement officer for general services, notified the company that its founder’s campaign contributions violated state law and required voiding a 2019 management contract for Lake Shore Plaza. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 2:30 am by Tinker Ready
The problems with the FBI’s photo comparison work plague other subjective types of forensic science, such as fingerprint analysis, microscopic hair fiber examination and handwriting analysis, said Itiel Dror, a neuroscientist who trains U.S. law enforcement on cognitive bias in crime laboratories. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
The investigation became public in November, when FBI agents raided the home and offices and offices of city Councilperson Jose Huizar. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 5:43 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. [read post]
1 Jan 2019, 1:33 pm by Ilya Somin
In April 2018, Trump's Office of Legal Counsel put out a memo defending exactly that view. [read post]
26 Dec 2018, 9:30 pm by Series of Essays
After assuming office, President Donald J. [read post]
25 Dec 2018, 9:30 pm by Series of Essays
Let’s Be Real About Trump’s First Year in Regulation January 29, 2018 | Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School Deregulation has been widely characterized as one of President Trump’s top policy achievements in his first year in office. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 8:47 am by William Ford
Aaron David Miller will moderate the discussion. [read post]