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Jack Goldsmith
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear
April 25, 2024
The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear former President Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during…
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Jack Goldsmith’s Road Map on Trump v. United States
April 24, 2024
For those who want a very deep dive into the issues that the Supreme Court will be exploring at the oral argument on Thursday in…
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Examining the push to reform the Insurrection Act
April 10, 2024
A bipartisan group of former senior officials are urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reign in a president’s ability to deploy the U.S. military within…
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A bipartisan group of former senior national security and legal officials, including veterans of the Trump administration, are urging lawmakers to impose new limits on…
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When former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company went public this week, supporters and investors betting on Mr. Trump’s political success helped drive the…
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A bipartisan group of legal experts is sounding an alarm about presidential power this election season. They’re pushing Congress to update a cluster of laws…
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From far and wide to master the law
March 20, 2024
Students from across the globe come to Harvard Law School to engage in graduate studies in law as part of Harvard Law School's LL.M. and S.J.D. programs.
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An op-ed by Jack Goldsmith: On Tuesday, when the special counsel Robert Hur testifies before Congress, it will be high presidential-year political theater. This is…
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In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Cannot Avoid Politics
March 6, 2024
In major cases concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Supreme Court has tried to put some distance between itself and politics. That fragile project…
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How to Steal a Presidential Election
March 4, 2024
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a vital question is whether the legal architecture governing the election is well crafted to prevent corruption and abuse.
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The large-scale military strikes the United States has directed at the Houthis, an Iran-backed militant group in Yemen that has disrupted shipping in the Red…
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Inside Impeachment’s Rise as a Weapon of Partisan Warfare
February 2, 2024
If the House follows through on this week’s committee recommendation and impeaches Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, it will be the first…
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The Lawfare Podcast: Graham Allison on Henry Kissinger
December 11, 2023
Last week, former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger passed away. To assess his legacy, Jack Goldsmith sat down with Graham Allison,…
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The Lawfare Podcast: How States Think
September 25, 2023
It is commonplace for American leaders to describe their fiercest foreign adversaries as irrational, crazy, delusional, or illogical. In their new book, “How States Think:…
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How Biden’s View on Presidential War Powers Has Shifted
September 15, 2023
If he is elected to a second term, President Biden pledged that he will go to Congress to start any major war but said he…
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The Lawfare Podcast: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times
September 11, 2023
Liberalism today is under attack, as it often has been. Samuel Moyn, the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, believes that…
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The Lawfare Podcast: The Coming Wave
September 5, 2023
There is no more consequential technological development in recent years than widely accessible artificial intelligence. And there are few more consequential contemporary figures in the…