Jacob Schulz

Jacob Schulz is the former managing editor of Lawfare. He previously served as deputy managing editor and associate editor. He hails from Pennylvania and attended Amherst College.

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The Last Time the Justice Department Prosecuted a Seditious Conspiracy Case

Jacob Schulz Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 1:56 PM

It's time to take another look at the 2012 trial of the Hutaree militia.

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What Do the Facebook Oversight Board’s First Decisions Actually Say?

Jacob Schulz Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:17 PM

The grand experiment yields its first set of decisions. What's in them?

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The Facebook Oversight Board Issued Its First Decisions. Here’s How We’re Tracking Them.

Robert Chesney, Evelyn Douek, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz, Elliot Setzer, Tia Sewell Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 10:44 AM

Announcing Lawfare’s Facebook Oversight Board blog.

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When Extremists Stormed the Capitol and Got Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy

Jacob Schulz Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 8:01 AM

In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalist terrorists stormed the Capitol and shot five congressmen. The incident also produced an interesting Second Circuit opinion.

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Report Details Justice Department's Push to Separate Immigrant Families

Jacob Schulz Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 11:44 AM

The Office of the Inspector General for the Justice Department released a report detailing a number of failures surrounding the Justice Department's 2018 "Zero Tolerance" immigration policy. That policy was unveiled by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a May 7, 2018 speech where he announced, "If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It’s that simple. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you as required by law."