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Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with two emergency medicine physicians about state medical boards, which grant physicians the licenses that authorize them to practice medicine, and how they could play a more aggressive role in curbing falsehoods.
The Jan. 6 committee held its seventh in a series of prominent hearings unveiling the findings of its investigation to the public. Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes moderated a conversation with Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett and Senior Editors Scott Anderson, Quinta Jurecic, and Roger Parloff on Twitter Spaces about the hearing.
Alvaro Marañon sat down with Chris Bing and Raphael Satter to discuss the use of foreign hackers to win lawsuits and arbitration battles.
Alan Rozenshtein spoke with Zac Gershberg and Sean Illing about how the current landscape of social media and cable news fuels our democracy, but also pushes it in an illiberal authoritarian direction.
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its international allies are pursuing an unprecedented set of economic sanctions measures against Russia. But what do these measures entail? And how effective are they likely to be?
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It's the end of a very busy year. And we suspect that people have questions. So this week on the Lawfare Podcast, we will have answers.
Representative John Ratcliffe testified before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee as a part of his nomination for the position of Director of National Intelligence. Ratcliffe was asked about his views on Russian interference, about the threat posed by North Korea, about how he would handle a variety of issues posed by the coronavirus pandemic and much more. The hearing was fairly substantive but did include some meanderings and grandstanding.
Lawfare founder Bobby Chesney and Lawfare contributing editor Steve Vladeck host the weekly National Security Law Podcast from the University of Texas Law School, where they discuss current developments in national security law. This week’s episode had lots of content that we thought Lawfare Podcast listeners may be interested in hearing, so we are bringing it to you in a distilled form.
The 2020 election cycle opened up with a dramatic failure, as the Iowa caucus was marred by a delayed announcement of the caucus results and an abundance of misinformation about its cause. It was a painful demonstration of the importance of election security and election infrastructure. We put together a special edition podcast to discuss what went wrong in Iowa and the factors that have increased mistrust in American elections.