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Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann joins PBS and NPR’s KQED to discuss his case for stemming the effects of political deception and strengthening U.S. democratic institutions.

June 10th, 2026|

As the U.S. enforces a naval blockade on Iran against vessels flagged under states that are not a party to the conflict, Non-Resident Senior Fellows Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane explore the surfacing tensions between two bodies of applicable law. 

June 3rd, 2026|

In Just Security, Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman offer an analysis of the law of armed conflict as applied to a reported Israeli campaign to kill or capture every individual involved in the October 7th massacre.

June 2nd, 2026|

In a New York Times op-ed, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann argues that in order to stop the Trump administration’s vindictive prosecutions, grand jury votes in favor of criminal charges must meet a higher factual standard than mere probable cause.

May 29th, 2026|

For the New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on reports that Guatemala has agreed to joint strikes with the U.S. against narcotics trafficking groups within its borders

May 28th, 2026|

As Bellingcat reports findings of banned Russian-made cluster bomblets in a village in northern Mali, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on Mali’s legal obligations as a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

May 27th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann sits down with NPR to explain a DOJ settlement granting President Trump immunity from pending tax audits and setting up a fund for victims of “government weaponization.”

May 21st, 2026|

Writing in Just Security, Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt examines the Trump administration’s contradictory messaging on the status of its multiple armed conflicts and offers an explainer on when war legally begins and ends.

May 20th, 2026|

In his new book Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann explores the problem of the nation’s systemic vulnerability to political lies, and poses a path forward through reforms to the law.

May 20th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman joins The Bulwark to unpack the latest on the legality of the Iran war, concerns surrounding FISA’s Section 702, and the nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general.

May 16th, 2026|