Rachel Bercovitz holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School. She previously served as an editor for the quarterly Journal of Democracy. She holds a B.A. in History from Columbia College.
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On August 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, sitting en banc, decided Committee on the Judiciary v. McGahn. What’s in the ruling?
The 7-2 majority held that courts must take into account separation of powers concerns in resolving disputes over congressional subpoenas seeking personal information of the president.
Some U.S. Attorneys and state attorneys general have threatened to impose criminal charges on “zoom-bombers.” What are the possible statutory bases for prosecution?
U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced the indictment of two Chinese nationals allegedly connected to the China-based hacking group APT-10, CBS News reports.
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Matthew Kahn posted the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel’s May 31 memorandum opinion on the U.S.’s April 2018 airstrikes on Syrian chemical-weapons facilites. Jack Goldsmith contended that the opinion was unsurprising—and indeed “follows straightforwardly from Obama-era legal opinions.”
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Tuesday, May 29 at 12:15 p.m.: New America will host a discussion on “Counterterrorism Strikes Under Trump: What Has Changed?” Joshua Geltzer, Luke Hartig, and Stephen Tankel will participate in a conversation moderated by Shamila Chaudhary. Register to attend or view the webcast.