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Time is of the Essence: Invoking the Defense Production Act

April 19, 2020 Daraja Carroll

After strong urging from both sides of the political aisle, President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to better mobilize our nation’s resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Infecting Our Favorite Devices: Are Our Phones Spying on Us?

April 15, 2020 Carmen Huff

NSO Group Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli company that creates technology.[1]  It says it sells its technology exclusively to government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate terrorism […]

AULPB Symposium: Presidential Powers under the Constitution

March 11, 2020 Victoria Kelley

War Powers Act and Targeted Killings During the second panel of the American University Legislation and Policy Brief’s 2020 Symposium, the members discussed the War Powers Act and the legality […]

June v. Gee, The Alabama Abortion Law, and the Future of Reproductive Rights in America

March 8, 2020 Kate Brennan

 What was once considered the strictest abortion law in America has been struck down in Alabama. On October 29, 2019, Judge Myron Thompson, for the District Court for the Middle […]

Trump’s Impeachment Highlights Flaws in the System

February 23, 2020 Thomas Smith

President Trump’s impeachment has brought the flawed process for removing a sitting President from power to the forefront of American politics. Issues ranging from the inherent political nature of the […]

John McCain, U.S. Senator and Former Prisoner of War, Dies at 81

August 26, 2018August 26, 2018 James P. Lagasse

The family of Senator John S. McCain, R-Ariz., announced that the public servant, war hero, and former presidential candidate died on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at his home in Arizona. […]

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