//  6/4/17  //  Topic Update


The Washington Post looks inside the daily briefing to report “how President Trump consumes — or does not consume — top-secret intelligence.”

Vice President Mike Pence’s advice to “follow the chain of command without exception” during his commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy raises ethical and legal concernsargues Benjamin Haas at Just Security.

Stating that judges who rule against the Trump administration (and those who support those decisions) are part of the “resistance” suggests lawlessness, feeds the delegitimization of the judiciary, and undermines the rule of lawargue Leah Litman, Steve Vladeck, and Helen Murillo on Take Care.


Updates | The Week of February 19, 2018

2/25/18  //  Daily Update

Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a new charge against Paul Manafort while Richard Gates pled guilty. Meanwhile, President Trump's proposal to arm teachers drew controversy in Washington.

Jacob Miller

Harvard Law School

Updates | The Week of February 5, 2018

2/11/18  //  Daily Update

The Nunes memo set off aftershocks; agencies scrambled to implement the Trump Administration's policies to mixed effect; and Congress passes a budget after a brief overnight shutdown.

Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in support of two conservative groups that sued the University of California-Berkeley over alleged limits on their ability to host events. Common Cause, a non-profit watchdog group, has filed a complaint alleging that the settlement paid to Stormy Daniels by President Trump amounted to an unreported in-kind contribution to President Trump's campaign.