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The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone lead the National Security Agency.
What’s next after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s dismissal by President Trump?
Non-Senate confirmed acting positions in the executive branch have begun to meet their 300-day deadline. What now?
The nomination of Adam Klein as chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is a welcome move by the president.
On Friday evening, the President nominated Jennifer Newstead to be the next Legal Adviser of the State Department.
A proposal to require Senate advice and consent on special envoys raises interesting constitutional questions.
The 55-page document of responses to questions for the record that Christopher Wray submitted to the Senate Judciary Committee.
Wray should be confirmed. But the Senate Judiciary Committee behaved poorly today.
Starting at 9:30am this morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for Christopher Wray, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director. Follow the livestream and keep up with Lawfare's liveblog below.
Wray's prepared remarks are available here.
Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's statement is available here.
Is the president's persistent and deliberate failure to identify candidates for executive branch offices not merely a sign of inept governance and deadlocked politics but also, at least in certain cases, a legal failing as well?