Election Security
The Lessons of the Electoral Count Reform Act: Next Steps in Reform
Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 8:31 AM
What recent successful governance reforms teach about future reforms of the presidency.
Jack Goldsmith is the Learned Hand 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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U.S. Supreme Court
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 3: The Odd Executive Agreement Preemption Argument
Curtis Bradley, Jack Goldsmith Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 8:01 AM
Part 3 of a three-part series on oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by foreign states.
U.S. Supreme Court
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 2: What to Do If the FSIA Does Not Apply?
Curtis Bradley, Jack Goldsmith Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 12:37 PM
Part 2 of a three-part series on oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by foreign states.
U.S. Supreme Court
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 1: The FSIA and Criminal Prosecutions
Curtis Bradley, Jack Goldsmith Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 8:31 AM
Part 1 of a three-part series on oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by foreign states.
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Inspector General Reform in the NDAA
Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 2:01 PM
Congress has made it harder for presidents to replace a fired or acting inspector general with a non-independent official.
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Congress Mandates Sweeping Transparency Reforms for International Agreements
Curtis Bradley, Jack Goldsmith, Oona Hathaway Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 2:01 PM
Congress just enacted the most important reform of the rules governing the transparency of binding international agreements in the past half-century, and for the first time included nonbinding agreements.
2022 Ukraine Crisis
Winter 2022 Supplement for 'Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials' (7th ed. 2020)
Jack Goldsmith Sat, Dec 3, 2022, 12:27 PM
The Winter 2022 Supplement for Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed. 2020) is now available on Lawfare.