CERL updates

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