Rational Security: The “Fecund Season” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan made his long-awaited return to the podcast for a (brief, so savor it) reunion with Quinta and Scott to talk over the week’s big national security news, including:...
11 Feb 20241h 15min
Lawfare Archive: Julian Mortenson on 'The Executive Power'
From April 13, 2019: Julian Mortenson, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, is the author of a remarkable new article entitled "Article II Vests Executive Power, Not the Royal Prerogative,"...
10 Feb 202452min
Trump's Trials and Tribulations: Supreme Court Oral Arguments in the Trump Disqualification Case
On February 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, on the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from the office of the presidency ...
9 Feb 20241h 24min
Chatter: The Global Citizenship Industry with Kristin Surak
Some people call it "investor citizenship" while others label it a "passport for sale" scheme. Either way, the last few decades have seen the global citizenship industry grow and evolve in ways that b...
8 Feb 20241h 14min
Molly Reynolds and Eric Ciaramella on the Ukraine Supplemental
It's been a wild and woolly week on Capitol Hill with respect to the border, Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and a lot of other stuff. On Wednesday, the Senate was preparing to vote both on the apparently do...
8 Feb 202443min
The D.C. Circuit Rejects Trump's Presidential Immunity Claim
On February 6, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected former President Donald Trump's appeal of his presidential immunity defense in the federal government's Jan. 6 case against him. Lawfare Edito...
7 Feb 202456min
Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Armed Conflict
Among the many horrific stories emerging out of the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza are instances of sexual and gender-based violence. It’s an issue that is pervasive in many armed conflicts, and...
6 Feb 202447min
Riana Pfefferkorn and David Thiel on How to Fight Computer-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
One of the dark sides of the rapid development of artificial intelligence and machine learning is the increase in computer-generated child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, or CG-CSAM...
5 Feb 202450min
