Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire
Ralph Bunche, one of the most prominent Black Americans of the 20th century, was a legendary diplomat, who from his perch at the United Nations was a central player in the decolonization movement afte...
16 Dec 20221h
Rick Hasen and Nate Persily on Replatforming Trump on Social Media
On November 19, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk announced that he would be reinstating former President Donald Trump’s account on the platform—though so far, Trump hasn’t taken Musk up on the offer, pre...
15 Dec 202243min
Riana Pfefferkorn on End-to-End Encryption for iPhone Backups to iCloud
Last week, Apple made an announcement about some new security features it would be offering to users. One of those features involves users' ability to opt in to encryption for iPhone backups to iCloud...
14 Dec 202253min
“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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202237min
