The Lawfare Podcast
By The Lawfare Institute
The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes (12)
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Lawfare Archive: The Public Integrity Section, Threats, and Criminal Contempt with John Keller
The episode dives into a critical moment in American legal and political life: the potential dismantling of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section (PIN), a historically insulated office created after Watergate to investigate corruption among public
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Lawfare Archive: White House Pressure, the Justice Department and the Election
The Lawfare Podcast revisits a pivotal 2021 Senate Judiciary Committee report that exposes how former President Donald Trump and his inner circle systematically pressured the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 election results. The episode, featuring Ben
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 29
The Trump administration's legal and political maneuvers are facing unprecedented judicial pushback, with federal judges across multiple circuits rejecting efforts to weaponize government power for political ends. In a landmark decision, Judge Brinkema issued
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Lawfare Daily: Inside the Upheaval of the Second Trump Administration with Emily Bazelon
The Justice Department, FBI, and DHS under the second Trump administration underwent a systemic dismantling of their institutional independence, transforming from nonpartisan legal enforcers into tools of political retaliation. Emily Bazelon’s New York Times o
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Lawfare Daily: Pope Leo XIV Takes on Silicon Valley with Christopher Hale and Renée DiResta
Pope Leo XIV's groundbreaking AI encyclical, Magnificos Humanitas, isn't just a religious document—it's a direct challenge to Silicon Valley's techno-utopianism, arguing that technology is neither neutral nor inherently good, but must be anchored in human dign
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Lawfare Archive: A Victory for Guatemalan Democracy
In a dramatic reversal of decades of democratic erosion, Guatemala’s newly inaugurated President Bernardo Arevalo took office on January 15, 2024, after a months-long battle against a coordinated legal and institutional campaign to block his rise. The episode
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Lawfare Daily: How Escalations in Lebanon May Prolong the Iran War, with Joel Braunold
The Israeli government is deliberately stalling negotiations with Iran to prevent a deal that could strengthen Tehran, especially as the country heads toward a pivotal election in September. According to Joel Braunold, the Israelis and Iranians are both skille
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Rational Security: The “Forbidden Fruit” Edition
The Lawfare Podcast's 'Rational Security: The "Forbidden Fruit" Edition' opens with a humorous yet alarming tale of Molly Roberts' dog consuming 140 grapes—a toxic hazard for canines that remains a mystery in veterinary science despite being discovered only in
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Lawfare Archive: David Clements, the Evangelist of Election Refusal, with Anna Bower and Ben Wittes
David Clements, a former law professor turned 'election refusal evangelist,' has become a central figure in the movement to challenge the legitimacy of U.S. elections through coordinated, religiously framed trainings across the country. His Gideon 300 strategy
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Lawfare Archive: The Return of the Syrian Civil War
The Syrian civil war has erupted into a full-scale conflict once again, with rebel forces led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) capturing Aleppo and nearly all of Idlib province in just five days—an unprecedented collapse of regime defenses. Charles Lister, a sen
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, June 12
A federal judge in Virginia has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's slush fund, rejecting the government's claim that the case was moot after the acting attorney general said it was no longer moving forward. The ruling, deliver
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Lawfare Daily: The Road Ahead for Ukraine’s EU Accession
The European Union is moving with unprecedented speed to open accession talks with Ukraine, marking a dramatic shift from decades of cautious enlargement. For the first time, the EU is proactively pushing Ukraine toward membership—not waiting for it to complet
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