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As part of the Bipartisan American Election Project, Faculty Co-Director Bob Bauer co-submits amicus briefs in two lawsuits brought over the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain state voter rolls, POLITICO reports.

Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, together with Michael Schmitt, offer an expert Just Security backgrounder concerning the possible application of the law of armed conflict to hostilities in the U.S.’ attacks on Iran. 

As the sunset of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act approaches, Faculty Co-Directors Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann offer a primer in Just Security on questions Congress should pose of the Executive Branch as it contemplates renewal of this important and contested authority.

With the deadline for reauthorizing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 looming this month, Faculty Co-Directors Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman discuss the choices to reauthorize the tool as is, reform it with new warrant requirements, or let it sunset entirely. 

At a panel before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane discussed legal issues under U.S. domestic law in the Trump administration’s lethal boat strikes campaign, reports the New York Times.

Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, together with Michael Schmitt for Just Security, analyze U.S. Ambassador Walz’s asserted legal justifications for President Trump’s threats against civilian infrastructure.

Joining Bill Kristol on The Bulwark podcast, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman unpacks the risks that unregulated Section 702 database “queries” on U.S. persons pose to First Amendment and privacy rights.

In his latest op-ed for Project Syndicate, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes explores what the Trump administration’s past repudiation of allies could mean in the context of the closed Strait of Hormuz and U.S. emergency preparedness at large.

Adding to their study featured on 60 Minutes last fall, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and a team at Just Security provide updated data from Trump Administration litigation demonstrating that the “presumption of regularity” doctrine is facing increasing pressure in the courts.

In his latest op-ed for Project Syndicate, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes examines the underlying costs of President Trump’s approach to war in Iran: “[it] is the opposite of deterrence: high-visibility expenditure today that erodes the credibility of deterrence tomorrow.”

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