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George Washington University: Jewish Student Suspended for Displaying Souvenir Indian Swastika

George Washington University Search all Cases On March 18, 2015, George Washington University suspended a student, temporarily evicted him from university housing, and banned him from campus after the...

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FIRE Launches Campaign in Support of University of Chicago Free Speech Statement

University of Chicago Search all Cases During September 2015, FIRE launched a national campaign asking colleges and universities to adopt the free speech policy statement produced by the Committee on ...

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St. Charles Community College: Adjunct Faculty Barred from Gathering Petition Signatures

St. Charles Community College Search all Cases On February 19, 2015, an administrator at St. Charles Community College (SCC) sent an email to student group advisors stating that adjunct faculty “are n...

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Senate Confirmation Is a Recipe for Politicizing Military Personnel Policy

Sen. Tuberville’s hold on general officer nominees is another example of a system struggling with basic functions. Editor’s Note: Sen. Tuberville’s hold on U.S. military promotions has resulted in ext...

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St. Charles Community College

Cottleville, Missouri Search all Schools St. Charles Community College has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code reques...

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Policy Statement on Political Speech on Campus 2016

As we approach another election season, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE; thefire.org) remains concerned by the continuing trend towards preemptive censorship of political speec...

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Decoding the Defense Department’s Updated Directive on Autonomous Weapons

The update to the 2012 directive provides clarity and establishes transparent governance and policy, rather than making substantial changes. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Defense introduced Directiv...

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Could Beijing Risk a Diversionary War Against Taiwan?

The combination of a weakening strategic situation and an increasingly despotic regime has left Xi with few constraints on his power, leaving many to fear that he could risk military adventurism as a ...

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How to Prosecute Ongoing Acts of Aggression Following the Initial Invasion

A singular act of illegal use of armed force can lead to criminal responsibility for aggression. Editor’s Note : This piece has been adapted from “ Attributing Criminal Responsibility for the Crime of...

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When the Government Buys Sensitive Personal Data

The United States lacks a comprehensive data privacy statute, and most states impose only minimal legal constraints on consumer data collection. This regulatory vacuum has given rise to commercial mar...

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The Big One: Trump Is Indicted for Jan. 6

The indictment handed up today by a federal grand jury of former President Donald J. Trump was not a surprise. Trump himself had announced it was coming. Neither was it the first time Trump has faced ...

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The Lawfare Podcast: Brazil’s Search for Accountability After Jan. 8

Last month, Brazil’s highest electoral court found that former President Jair Bolsonaro had abused his political power in the 2022 elections because of his conduct in a meeting with foreign ambassador...

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United States v. Menendez: When Bars of Gold May Not Be Enough

How McDonnell v. United States will shape the ongoing prosecution of New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez. To what I now realize is wholly to their discredit, federal criminal indictments usually lack pict...

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House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mike Pomerantz

Former Special Assistant DA Mark Pomerantz publicly resigned from his position in Feb. 2022, expressing frustration with District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision not to indict former President Donald ...

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They’ll Be in the Room Where It Happens

It’s a muggy Tuesday morning, and I am yet again awake before dawn, yet again braving Atlanta traffic to attend yet another court proceeding related to yet more potential criminal acts committed by Do...

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Chatter: Pluralism and Religion within Democratic Institutions with Jonathan Rauch

This week on Chatter, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Ben Wittes sat down with author and journalist Jonathan Rauch, of the Brookings Institution. In a wide-ranging conversation, they spoke about Jonathan's n...

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Cybersecurity Regulation: It’s Not ‘Performance-Based’ If Outcomes Can’t Be Measured

A closer look at the TSA’s cybersecurity directive for pipelines casts doubt on the applicability of “performance-based” regulation to cybersecurity. For now, policymakers have to combine management-b...

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The Lawfare Podcast: Jim Dempsey and Jonathan Spring on Adversarial Machine Learning and Cybersecurity

Risks associated with the rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence are getting the attention of lawmakers. But one issue that may not be getting adequate attention by policymakers o...

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Once More on the REPO Act

We appreciate the thorough response to our piece, but several points require clarification. Three months ago, we argued in Lawfare for making use of Russia’s frozen sovereign assets to fund a program ...

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The Lawfare Podcast: What the Heck is a Speaker Pro Tempore?

The past two weeks have been a historical one for the House of Representatives. Last week, a band of dissident Republicans voted with House Democrats to remove Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, lea...

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