Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Nov 3-9)

Russia Investigation

• Top Legal Ethics Expert (Stephen Gillers) Writes: Whitaker Should Be Recused
• Marty Lederman, A Quick Primer on the Legality of Appointing Matthew Whitaker as “Acting” Attorney General, and Whitaker’s Power to Influence the Russia Investigation
• Ryan Goodman and Alex Whiting, A Thousand Cuts: How the Acting Attorney General Could Kill Russia Investigations Without Firing Mueller-and Only “Norms” Could Stop Him
• Andy Wright, Russia Investigation Leads Back in Play under Democrats
• Marty Lederman, The Constitutional Challenge to Mueller’s Appointment (Part VI): Oral Argument and Supplemental Briefing Order

Election-Political Interference

• Eric Jensen, Countering Russian Election Hacks
• Joshua Geltzer, Don’t Be Fooled: There Was Election Interference in 2018

SDNY Investigation – Michael Cohen and “Hush” Payments

•  Paul Seamus Ryan, The Already-Strong Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump Just Got Stronger—Criminal offenses included

Immigration, the Border, and the Military

• Mark Nevitt, Update: The Military, the Mexican Border and Posse Comitatus

Citizenship Stripping (Birthright Citizenship)

• Laura Bingham, Painful Lessons of Stripping Citizenship Can Be Found Across the Globe

Magnitsky Act — Comparative Perspective

• Rob Berschinski, From Brunson to Khashoggi, Global Magnitsky Sanctions Score a Mixed Record of Firsts

Supreme Court: Sudan v. Harrison and Diplomatic Missions

• Russell Miller, Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Limits of Inviolability

Children in Armed Conflict

• Diane Maire Amann, “Protecting Children”: A Welcome Addition to Efforts to Redress Wartime Harms

Foreign Fighters

• Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Ensuring a Human Rights-Compliant Approach to the Challenge of Foreign Fighters

National Security Conference

• Erica Ma and Ariana Navarro Rowberry, Conference Roundup: National Security and Shifting Geopolitics – Challenges at Home and Abroad

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