“Corrupt Obstruction” Before the D.C. Circuit
On Monday, the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in the case United States v Fischer—one of the most important cases we've seen in a while relating to criminal prosecutions for the Jan. 6 attack on the...
13 Des 202235min
A Member of Meta’s Oversight Board Discusses the Board’s New Decision
When Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen shared a trove of internal company documents to the Wall Street Journal in 2021, some of the most dramatic revelations concerned the company’s use of a so-ca...
12 Des 202246min
Rational Security 2.0: The “Dork at 4pm” Edition
This week on Rational Security 2.0, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were reunited after a few weeks apart to talk through the week's big national security news, including:“In the Land of the Blind, the One-Ey...
11 Des 20221h 11min
Lawfare Archive: Identifying and Exploiting the Weaknesses of White Supremacist Groups
From April 14, 2021: A lot of people are expressing anxiety about white supremacist violent terrorism, yet in a new Brookings paper entitled "Identifying and Exploiting the Weaknesses of the White Sup...
10 Des 202242min
Alan Rozenshtein Says the Slope Isn’t That Slippery
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the case of Blassingame v. Trump, an appeal from a civil lawsuit against the former president over Jan. 6. The question before the ...
9 Des 202237min
Dissecting the Oral Arguments in Moore v. Harper
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may be the biggest case of the term: Moore v. Harper. In that case, North Carolina’s state legislature is arguing that the state Supreme Co...
8 Des 202251min
Regulating AI with Alex Engler
Earlier this fall, the Biden administration released what it called a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” a policy document that lays out a five-pillar strategy for how the United States intends to ...
7 Des 202243min
J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
J. Edgar Hoover served as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years, from 1924 until 1972. Since his death, Hoover has become one of the most reviled figures in American history due...
6 Des 202257min
