New CERL report: The FBI’s FISA process is broken, but it won’t be fixed by legislative manipulation of the FISA statute
Author George W. Croner is now a member of CERL’s Advisory Council
Challenging the limits of executive authority: An analysis of Trump’s toolbox during COVID-19
Read this CERL blog post by Clayton Keir and Lachlan Cormie
Would COVID-19 digital contact tracing programs violate the Fourth Amendment?
Read the analysis in this CERL blog post by Ashley Fuchs and Ryan Bender
Former national intelligence director James Clapper joins CERL’s executive board
James R. Clapper served as U.S. Director of National Intelligence in the Obama Administration from 2010-2017…read more in the press release
What’s important to know about women, gender norms, and terrorism
In this blog post, Stephenie Foster writes about the active roles women can play in terrorism and how that understanding them is critical to stemming terrorism and extremism
Where does the president’s power begin and end in a time of crisis?
Washington Post reporter Emily Rauhala discusses with Claire Finkelstein in this episode of the podcast “Can He Do That?”
Trump still using power of his office to help cover up Russia’s role in his 2016 victory
according to Claire Finkelstein in this Daily Beast article on DOJ Barr’s pressure on Australia to help on Mueller review
There is no law that allows Trump to vacate governors’ stay-at-home order
The law is clear, according to Claire Finkelstein, in this Politico article
Change the deadline, save the election
To minimize voter disenfranchisement, CERL senior fellow Alexandra A.K. Meise argues for states change the mail-in ballot deadline from “received by” election day to “postmarked by” election day
Claire Finkelstein comments on Trump’s authority to open the economy
during this interview with Dan Abrams on SiriusXM
Corruption spreads like a disease, and some members of Congress have caught it
a CERL blog post by Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter
The courage of navy captain Brett Crozier
CERL board member Stephen Xenakis co-wrote this opinion published in The Hill
Why Congress should not wait to enact FISA reform
Read this CERL blog post by George W. Croner
Claire Finkelstein quoted in Washington Post on bad blood between Trump and Romney
Time to revive muscle memory of the Army National Guard and Reserve medical system
CERL board member co-authored this op-ed in The Hill
New blog post on WPS in the military and the need for leadership
The most pressing need to implement Women, Peace, and Security is the military’s commitment, writes Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese
Gov’t officials who own stock in companies being considered for COVID-19 partnerships should abstain from decision process
Richard Painter, CERL advisory council member, says they should recuse themselves from decision-making
CERL board member gives account of testimony by architect of the CIA torture program
Steve Xenakis attended hearings at Guantanamo
CERL and Annenberg Public Policy Center form alliance
CERL and APPC will jointly promote and strengthen the rule of law in democratic institutions
Richard Painter joins CERL’s advisory council
The University of Minnesota law professor and former White House chief ethics counsel is committed to preserving the rule of law
CERL releases report on the proposed Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act of 2020
George W. Croner wrote this careful critique on the Senate’s proposed bill that aims to reform FISA
CERL files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Trump v. Vance…
in support of New York County’s issuance of subpoenas to obtain Trump’s financial records from accounting firms
Watch CERL’s book talk with James R. Clapper
The former Director of National Security discusses his intelligence career as chronicled in his book, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence
UVA’s Miller Center video talk: The Trump impeachment episode: party wars and the Constitution
with Claire Finkelstein and Jonathan Turley, professor at GW Law
Trump’s firing of Vindman epitomizes the president’s most harmful act of all
In this Newsweek opinion piece CERL board member Shawn Turner writes about the firing of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman
“Women, Peace, and Security” initiatives are national security initiatives
A CERL blog post by CERL senior fellow Alexandra A.K. Meise in connection with CERL’s 2/11 symposium, National Security as a Feminist Issue: Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives
New paper by Claire Finkelstein: Responsibility and autonomous technologies: Is there a problem?
Issued by Perry World House in connection with its The Future of the Global Order Colloquium Fall 2019
Former CIA and NSA general counsel Elizabeth Rinkskopf Parker joins CERL’s executive board
Brain injuries from Iran air strike highlight military’s failure to care for its own