Scholarship
In Hoffa’s Shadow
Jack Goldsmith Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 8:40 AM
My new book is published today: “In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth.”
Jack Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School, co-founder of Lawfare, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002-2003.
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Foreign Relations Law
Summer 2019 Supplement for Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials
Jack Goldsmith Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 9:23 AM
Here is the Summer 2019 Supplement for Bradley & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2017). This supplement covers, among other things, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii (the “travel ban” case), which is excerpted with questions as part of a newly revised section on judicial deference to the Executive Branch; the Court’s decision in Jesner v.
Scholarship
Spring 2019 Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
Jack Goldsmith Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 1:27 PM
The Harvard National Security Journal’s spring issue, published earlier this week, has four articles that may be of interest to Lawfare readers.
Federal Law Enforcement
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Attorney General’s CBS Interview
Jack Goldsmith Sun, Jun 2, 2019, 1:05 PM
A depressing reflection on the state of norms and institutions.
Federal Law Enforcement
A Different View on the President’s Delegation of Declassification Authority to the Attorney General
Jack Goldsmith Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 2:09 PM
There are good reasons to investigate the Trump campaign investigators, and to give the attorney general limited declassification authority for that investigation.
Secrecy & Leaks
The U.S. Media Is in the Crosshairs of the New Assange Indictment
Jack Goldsmith Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:48 PM
Julian Assange is not the only target in the government’s new indictment against him.
Federal Law Enforcement
The Mueller Report’s Weak Statutory Interpretation Analysis: Part II
Jack Goldsmith Thu, May 23, 2019, 10:08 AM
No one defends the Mueller report’s actual reasoning, and there are good reasons why alternate arguments for the report’s conclusions did not make it into the document.