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Mueller’s Testimony: The Baton Passes to Congress
Scott R. Anderson, Hadley Baker, Mikhaila Fogel, Susan Hennessey, Quinta Jurecic, Vishnu Kannan, Eugenia Lostri, David Priess, Margaret Taylor, Benjamin Wittes Wed, Jul 24, 2019, 9:34 PM
The former special counsel’s testimony is not ultimately important for any bombshells or revelations but for initiating the long-belated creation of an Article I record of the president’s conduct.
Immigration

The Most Prosecuted Federal Offense in America: A Primer on the Criminalization of Border Crossing
Jessica Zhang, Andrew Patterson Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 8:41 AM
Unauthorized border crossings are the most prosecuted federal crime in the U.S. and an unlikely focus of the Democratic presidential primary. Why have such crimes come into the spotlight? And what effect would decriminalizing illegal entry into the U.S. really have?
The Russia Connection

Introducing “The Report”: A Podcast Series from Lawfare
Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 9:25 AM
A serialized narrative podcast that tells the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page document.
Encryption

Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy
Bruce Schneier Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 6:31 PM
In a speech on Tuesday, Barr outlined a major change in the U.S. government’s position on encryption: adding lawful access to a system reduces its security.
U.S. Supreme Court

Executive Discretion and Judicial Deference After the Census Case: The Chief Justice’s Tightrope
David A. Martin Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 12:06 PM
Chief Justice John Roberts’s census ruling may strengthen deference to executive discretion when wielded by a future normal presidency, but for select occasions, he has revived a neglected counterdeference tool—pretext analysis.

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