In the media

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman examines the possibility that warrantless queries into Americans’ communications under FISA Section 702 could enable abusive electronic surveillance in the context of the Trump administration’s designation of “antifa” as a terrorist threat.

For Just Security, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann probes the DOJ’s theory and evidence in its indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

For a New York Times op-ed, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on the international humanitarian law implications of President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. may destroy Iran’s electricity-generating stations and water-purifying plants should the Strait of Hormuz remain blockaded.

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.

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