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House of Representatives Files Supreme Court Brief in Mazars and Deutsche Bank Cases

Mikhaila Fogel Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 6:19 PM

The House of Representatives has filed its brief before the Supreme Court in the consolidated cases Donald J. Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al and Donald J. Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG, et al, regarding whether the court should invalidate four subpoenas to the companies from three separate House committees regarding President Trump's financial and business reports. The committees ask the court to affirm the lower courts' judgments that the House can issue the subpoenas, and argue that, "Many momentous separation-of-powers disputes have come before this Court . . .

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Federal Law Enforcement

What Really Happened at the Roger Stone Sentencing

Mikhaila Fogel Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 4:48 PM

Judge Amy Berman Jackson had a particularly difficult job on Thursday.

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Saudi Arabia

75 Years After a Historic Meeting on the USS Quincy, U.S.-Saudi Relations Are in Need of a True Re-think

Bruce Riedel Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 8:00 AM

The crown prince is toxic. It's time for fundamental changes.

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impeachment

Senate Majority Leader Proposes Senate Rules for Impeachment Trial

Hannah Kris Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 12:04 PM

On Monday night, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) released his proposed rules for the Senate impeachment trial. The resolution can be found here and below.

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Impeachment

The Trump Impeachment and the Question of Precedent

Bob Bauer Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 8:00 AM

In speeches sounding the alarm about “toxic” precedent, Sen. Mitch McConnell has set forth a questionable view of the law of impeachment with serious implications for the future of this constitutional remedy.

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Podcasts

The Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: Law and the Soleimani Strike

Mikhaila Fogel Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 6:55 PM

On Friday, the Lawfare Podcast hosted a conversation on the wide-ranging policy implications of the U.S. strike that killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ leader Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, deputy commander of Iraq’s quasi-official Popular Mobilization Forces and leader of the Iraqi militia and PMF Keta’ib Hezbollah.

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Foreign Policy Essay

Has Donald Trump Learned on the Job as Commander in Chief?

Rebecca Friedman Lissner Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 10:00 AM

The administration's decision-making process seems as broken today as when the president entered office.

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War Powers

Did the President Have the Domestic Legal Authority to Kill Qassem Soleimani?

Scott R. Anderson Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 4:49 PM

The Soleimani strike was likely within the president’s domestic legal authority to pursue. But in certain ways, it may push that authority’s limits.

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Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: The Soleimani Strike and Its Fallout

Benjamin Wittes Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 2:01 PM

The American drone strike last night that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, is a seismic event in U.S.-Iranian relations—and for the broader Middle East. We put together an emergency podcast, drawing on the resources of both Lawfare and the Brookings Institution and reflecting the depth of the remarkable collaboration between the two.

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Impeachment

House Judiciary Committee Releases Impeachment Report

Mikhaila Fogel Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 10:07 AM

The House Committee on the Judiciary on Dec. 15 released its report on the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The report will accompany the articles of impeachment againt Trump, which will be sent to the Rules Committee and then brought to the House floor this week for consideration.

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Donald Trump

congressional oversight

House of Representatives Files Supreme Court Brief in Mazars and Deutsche Bank Cases

Federal Law Enforcement

What Really Happened at the Roger Stone Sentencing

Saudi Arabia

75 Years After a Historic Meeting on the USS Quincy, U.S.-Saudi Relations Are in Need of a True Re-think

impeachment

Senate Majority Leader Proposes Senate Rules for Impeachment Trial

Impeachment

The Trump Impeachment and the Question of Precedent

Podcasts

The Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: Law and the Soleimani Strike

Foreign Policy Essay

Has Donald Trump Learned on the Job as Commander in Chief?

War Powers

Did the President Have the Domestic Legal Authority to Kill Qassem Soleimani?

Podcasts

Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: The Soleimani Strike and Its Fallout

Impeachment

House Judiciary Committee Releases Impeachment Report

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