Iran’s isolation continues: A stranger among (feuding) friends
Read this op-ed on LSE’s Middle East Centre blog by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Penn history professor and member of CERL’s Advisory Council
How AG Barr distorted the DOJ
In this Checks and Balances podcast, Claire Finkelstein and Don Ayer, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General, talk with Paul Rosenzweig on their forthcoming report on the DOJ and the rule of law
Weapons sales to UAE and Saudi Arabia
Claire Finkelstein commented in this Al Jazeera interview
Pompeo’s unlawful RNC speech for Trump should alarm all Americans
Read this Newsweek opinion by Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter
Pompeo’s Jerusalem speech violated Hatch Act, complaint says
Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter filed the complaint with the Office of Special Counsel
“This is indicative of something much more dangerous to our democracy”
CERL advisory council member Richard Painter comments on how government agencies “have been turned into arms of [the president’s] political campaign” in this New York Times article
There’s still time to protect American democracy against threats to the 2020 elections
A commentary by Claire Finkelstein and Carrie Cordero, released by the CNAS-CERL-APPC Election Project
Election date delay not legally possible, the necessity of mail-in voting
Claire Finkelstein is interviewed by Al Jazeera
Trump’s unitary executive theory meets Cyrus Vance on Fifth Avenue
An opinion by Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter published by Bloomberg Law
Robert Mueller’s response to Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence
Watch Richard Painter, CERL advisory council member, during this Al Jazeera interview
The US needs a global coalition to defeat COVID
General Joseph Votel (ret.), CERL board member and former CENTCOM commander, co-wrote this article in Defense One
The Supreme Court just revoked Trump’s get-out-of-jail-free card
A Washington Post opinion on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Vance by Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter
U.S. Supreme Court: Prosecutors can obtain Trump’s financial records
Claire Finkelstein is interviewed by Al Jazeera on today’s ruling in Trump v. Vance
US commandos at risk for suicide: Is the military doing enough?
CERL board member Ret. General Joseph Votel is featured in this New York Times Magazine article
The ‘Friday Night Massacre’ spells the downfall of William Barr
Read this Newsweek opinion by CERL’s Claire Finkelstein and CERL advisory council member Richard Painter
Trump’s no-show Attorney General Barr must testify to Congress—or resign
Claire Finkelstein and CERL advisory council member Richard Painter wrote this Newsweek op-ed
Supreme Court will have chance to review case seeking to end Super PAC spending in U.S. elections
CERL advisory council member Richard Painter serves as co-counsel in the petition for U.S. Supreme Court review in this case, Lieu v. Federal Election Commission
Can, or should, the Insurrection Act be invoked?
Claire Finkelstein answers the question in this Penn Today article
Esper and Milley should resign
CERL board member Stephen Xenakis and Penn professor Jonathan Moreno call for Defense Secretary Esper and Joint Chiefs chair General Miley to resign
“Trump loves the rule of law. As long as it targets his enemies.”
This Washington Post op-ed is by CERL advisory council member
Richard Painter
Trump says a sitting president can’t be investigated…will the Supreme Court tell him he’s wrong?
Read this Newsweek opinion by Claire Finkelstein and Richard Painter
CERL comments on judge’s extraordinary steps in Flynn-DOJ dispute
In this article, CERL senior fellow Alexandra Meise comments on the order Judge Sullivan issued this week regarding amici curiae in the Flynn case
“It would literally put the president above the law if the Supreme Court sides with the president’s lawyers”
In this ABC News story, Claire Finkelstein comments on Trump’s claims of total immunity in three cases to be argued on May 12
NYTimes op-ed: Trump’s bid to stand above the law
written by CERL’s Prof. Claire Finkelstein and CERL advisory council member Prof. Richard W. Painter
Where does the president’s power begin and end in a time of crisis?
Washington Post reporter Emily Rauhala discusses with Claire Finkelstein in this episode of the podcast “Can He Do That?”
Trump still using power of his office to help cover up Russia’s role in his 2016 victory
according to Claire Finkelstein in this Daily Beast article on DOJ Barr’s pressure on Australia to help on Mueller review
There is no law that allows Trump to vacate governors’ stay-at-home order
The law is clear, according to Claire Finkelstein, in this Politico article
Claire Finkelstein comments on Trump’s authority to open the economy
during this interview with Dan Abrams on SiriusXM
The courage of navy captain Brett Crozier
CERL board member Stephen Xenakis co-wrote this opinion published in The Hill