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In 2018, Florida enacted SB 4 , now Fla. Stat. § 1004.097 SB 4 eliminates policies that quarantine speech to misleadingly labeled “ free speech zones ” and provides a judicial remedy for violations of...
FIRE supports legislation that promotes fair and reliable non-academic campus disciplinary hearings on college campuses. We also work with policymakers to defeat measures that would further undermine ...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSSORS, and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et a...
Today, Lawfare and Goat Rodeo released the first two episodes of Allies , a podcast series that traces the U.S.’s efforts to protect Afghan interpreters, translators and other partners. Today, Lawfare...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Plaintiff , v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al ., Defendants . Cas...
American University Search all Cases On February 20, 2023, American University announced it had investigated and unmasked an anonymous student who wrote “Black people suck” on a university library whi...
In object lessons, Alan tells us what the buzz is—seeing Jesus Christ Superstar live. Scott, heavy with Christmas spirit, shares his grandmother’s recipe for sour cream coffee cake (remember, during t...
Not in darkness, but in daylight: The danger here lies not only in what the government can do, but in what people think it can do. With a new executive order purporting to designate “Antifa” as a dome...
A leaked directive recasts counterterrorism around “Antifa,” hollowing out post-Church Committee safeguards while the administration claims restraint. The Dec. 4 Bondi memo —leaked earlier this month ...
On Oct. 6, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced that the FBI had sought and obtained nine lawmakers’ cell phone data in 2023, during an early stage of what would become Special Counsel Jack Smith’s ...
On Nov. 18, 2025, six members of Congress appeared in a video posted to X , urging members of the military and intelligence community to disobey illegal orders: “The American people need you to stand ...
At one point during the Watergate scandal, White House Counsel John Dean put together a list of people whom he thought might face criminal prosecution as a result of the unfolding investigations. Look...
A close look at the California bar’s charges against John Eastman reveals how professional discipline can help hold lawyers responsible for their role in Jan. 6—and how it can’t. The memos prepared by...
A new narrative podcast series from Lawfare and Goat Rodeo on picking up the pieces after the Jan. 6 insurrection. The anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection today will, no doubt, be an occasion for a...
Welcome to Lawfare ’s coverage of the Trump trials. Here, you will be able to find our coverage of the criminal indictments against President Donald Trump in the Southern District of Florida, Washingt...
On July 18, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced felony charges for 16 individuals for their alleged involvement in the “ fake electors scheme ” to attempt to overturn the results of the 20...
The current status of nationwide efforts to hold accountable the people behind the 2020 fake electors plot. Of all the ways that Donald Trump and his allies attempted to overturn the 2020 election—inc...
After the Jan. 6 insurrection, all the suspects were allowed to go home—setting up the biggest criminal investigation in the FBI’s history. On Monday, we released the second episode in our narrative p...
Editor’s note: Because of the late hour of the release of this indictment, Lawfare will be publishing its usual detailed commentary on the material tomorrow. This will give us time to digest, summariz...
The Situation on Tuesday considered what Anthropic means by its red lines on military use Claude. On Friday, James Boasberg—the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—foun...