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Tabletop Exercise to Assess the Risk of Civil Unrest and Threats to the Rule of Law in the 2024 Presidential Election
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The Trump Administration, the Rule of Law, and the Future of Business

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Symposium on Threats to the Rule of Law and National Security

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National Security and Journalism in a World of Alternative Facts

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Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2025: Nuclear Risks through a Legal Lens

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CERL/Brennan Center Roundtable on Domestic Military Deployments to Assist or Participate in Civilian Law Enforcement

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Tabletop Exercise Assessing the Risk of Civil Unrest Surrounding the 2024 Presidential Election – Part II

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Tabletop Exercise Assessing the Risk of Civil Unrest Surrounding the 2024 Presidential Election – Part I

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2024 CERL Summer Internship Program

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High-level Roundtable on the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP)

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Preventing a flash war: Countering the risk of AI-driven escalation on the battlefield

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Trump’s firing of inspectors general is leading to ‘a new standard of loyalty, not legality’ 

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Is presidential overreach leading to a constitutional crisis? 

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Preventing the revival of the Islamic State should be a priority of the Trump administration

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To deter Houthi attacks in Red Sea, broad-ranging actions are needed

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Zaid comments on early days of Trump presidency

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