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Robert Mueller’s response to Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence

The US needs a global coalition to defeat COVID

The Supreme Court just revoked Trump’s get-out-of-jail-free card

U.S. Supreme Court: Prosecutors can obtain Trump’s financial records

US commandos at risk for suicide: Is the military doing enough?

CERL welcomes 2020 summer interns

Blog post on the Posse Comitatus Act myth

The time has come for more restrictions on military transfers of equipment to civilian police

CERL advisory council member submits complaint against Atty Gen Barr for Hatch Act violations

The Lafayette Square assault: A turning point for democracy in America

The ‘Friday Night Massacre’ spells the downfall of William Barr

Trump’s no-show Attorney General Barr must testify to Congress—or resign

Supreme Court will have chance to review case seeking to end Super PAC spending in U.S. elections

An apolitical military is essential to maintaining balance among American institutions

Can, or should, the Insurrection Act be invoked?

Esper and Milley should resign

Reforming police recruitment and training is a national security imperative

“Trump loves the rule of law. As long as it targets his enemies.”

CNAS, CERL and APPC announce collaboration on protecting the integrity of the 2020 election against foreign interference

Trump says a sitting president can’t be investigated…will the Supreme Court tell him he’s wrong?

CERL comments on judge’s extraordinary steps in Flynn-DOJ dispute

Increasing women’s participation in national security begins by talking with girls

The federal response to COVID-19 shows why FOIA needs reform

“It would literally put the president above the law if the Supreme Court sides with the president’s lawyers”

NYTimes op-ed: Trump’s bid to stand above the law

Russia’s anti-satellite weapons testing reminds us that arms control in outer space is a responsibility for all nations

New CERL report: The FBI’s FISA process is broken, but it won’t be fixed by legislative manipulation of the FISA statute

Challenging the limits of executive authority: An analysis of Trump’s toolbox during COVID-19

Would COVID-19 digital contact tracing programs violate the Fourth Amendment?