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The Lawfare Podcast
2,167 episodes · 20 with AI analysis
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.
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Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) modernization×2War Powers Resolution procedures and expedited congressional processesJoint resolutions vs. concurrent resolutions: legal and procedural distinctionsCongressional authorization for military hostilities in IranExecutive branch constitutional authority and congressional acquiescence doctrineChadha decision and legislative veto constitutional constraintsJustice Jackson's tripartite framework for presidential power analysisPolitical question doctrine and justiciability in war powers disputesGermaneness requirements and amendment procedures in concurrent resolutionsCongressional standing and institutional litigation authority
Analyzed Episodes
Jun 10, 2026
Lawfare Daily: Congressional Resolutions to End the War in Iran
War Powers Resolution procedures and expedited congressional processesJoint resolutions vs. concurrent resolutions: legal and procedural distinctionsCongressional authorization for military hostilities in Iran
View AnalysisJun 11, 2026
Lawfare Daily: Why Immigrants are Challenging the Conditions of their Detention
Immigration detention legal framework and constitutional protectionsFifth Amendment due process rights in civil detentionMandatory detention interpretation and circuit split
View AnalysisJun 16, 2026
Lawfare Daily: For-Profit Cage-Fighting at the White House
Administrative Law and Standing DoctrineNational Park Service Regulations and PermittingGovernment Corruption and Conflicts of Interest
View AnalysisJun 12, 2026
Lawfare Daily: How Escalations in Lebanon May Prolong the Iran War, with Joel Braunold
Israel-Iran Nuclear Negotiations and JCPOA Successor DealHezbollah Proxy Network and Lebanese Front Linkage StrategyU.S.-Israel Strategic Alignment and Restraint Mechanisms
View AnalysisJun 12, 2026
Rational Security: The “Forbidden Fruit” Edition
DOJ Institutional Decay and WeaponizationTodd Blanche Attorney General NominationSection 702 Surveillance Authority Reauthorization
View AnalysisJun 13, 2026
Lawfare Archive: David Clements, the Evangelist of Election Refusal, with Anna Bower and Ben Wittes
Election Certification Refusal TacticsCounty-Level Election Administration VulnerabilityElection Denial Organizing and Training Networks
View AnalysisJan 29, 2026
Rational Security: The “Pawing at Scott” Edition
Immigration Enforcement and Border Patrol TacticsFederal-State Conflict and Commandeering DoctrineConstitutional Law and Federalism
View AnalysisJan 30, 2026
Lawfare Daily: The Thousands of Lawsuits Challenging Pres. Trump’s Mandatory Alien Detention Policy
Mandatory Alien Detention PolicyImmigration Law ReinterpretationHabeas Corpus Petitions
View AnalysisJan 31, 2026
Lawfare Archive: Judge Cannon Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump
Appointments Clause Constitutional LawSpecial Counsel Statutory AuthorityJudge Eileen Cannon's Judicial Record
View AnalysisFeb 1, 2026
Lawfare Archive: Discussing President Trump’s First Batch of Executive Orders
TikTok Divestment and App Store EnforcementBirthright Citizenship Executive Order LitigationImmigration Enforcement and Expedited Removal Expansion
View AnalysisFeb 2, 2026
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Jan. 30
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) modernizationFBI election materials search and 2020 election investigationsFederal assault statute (18 USC 111) application to protesters
View AnalysisFeb 3, 2026
Lawfare Daily: Misogyny and Violent Extremism with Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Misogyny as connector across violent extremism ideologiesDomestic and intimate partner violence in mass shooter historiesIncel movement and involuntary celibate-inspired violence
View AnalysisFeb 4, 2026
Lawfare Daily: Unearthing and Reckoning with the Intelligence Excesses of the Cold War
Church Committee Report and Cold War intelligence abusesCOINTELPRO and FBI surveillance of political movementsMK-Ultra drug testing programs
View AnalysisFeb 5, 2026
Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Plan for Venezuelan Oil Revenue
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPA) asset protection mechanismsTerrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) Section 201 and sovereign immunity piercingForeign Sovereign Immunity Act carveouts for commercial activities and instrumentalities
View AnalysisFeb 5, 2026
Rational Security: “The Story of Three Warrants” Edition
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) modernizationFourth Amendment protections in election-related searchesAdministrative warrants and immigration enforcement
View AnalysisFeb 6, 2026
Lawfare Daily: Iran Protests and Internet Shutdown
Iran Internet Shutdown and Digital RepressionAuthoritarian Protest Suppression TacticsTwo-Tier Internet Systems and Digital Apartheid
View AnalysisFeb 7, 2026
Lawfare Archive: Anna Bower on Judge McBurney’s Deliberations
Georgia Criminal Procedure Law - General vs. Special PresentmentsGrand Jury Report Publication Requirements2020 Election Interference Investigation - Georgia
View AnalysisFeb 8, 2026
Lawfare Archive: Asylum-Seekers and the EU Migration Pact
EU Migration Pact provisions and human rights implicationsSafe third country doctrine and its applicationAsylum seekers vs. migrants vs. refugees: legal definitions
View AnalysisFeb 9, 2026
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 6
Immigration Enforcement Operations and ICE Detention PoliciesMandatory Detention Statutory Interpretation (8 USC 1225(b)(2) vs 1226(a))Third-Country Removals and Convention Against Torture Compliance
View AnalysisFeb 10, 2026
Lawfare Daily: What To Expect on the Immigration Front in Year 2 of Trump's Second Term
ICE Detention Expansion and Warehouse ConversionMandatory Detention Policy and Habeas Corpus LitigationImmigration Enforcement Officer Hiring and Training Standards
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