Lawfare Archive: Civil Military Relations in the Trump Administration

Lawfare Daily: The Military, Elections, and the Law

Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes talks with Executive Editor Natalie Orpett and Senior Editors Loren Voss and Molly Roberts about the limits the Constitution and statutes put on the use of military in U.S. elections—as well as the arguments an eager executive might make to skirt those restrictions. They discuss how the history of domestic deployment law shows that legislators have long believed voting deserves special protection from military involvement. They also explain why, ahead of the 2026 midterms, that isn't as reassuring as it might sound. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lawfare Daily: What's Happening at ODNI?

On today's podcast, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett talks with Lawfare Senior Editor Mike Feinberg and Lawfare Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee about the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, which was created to oversee the intelligence community. But much like the IC itself, the ODNI is somewhat mysterious to the general public—which makes it difficult to tell when something is going wrong. They talk about what ODNI does, why it exists at all, and how recent developments are undermining its mission. Read more of Mike and Julia’s analysis in their recent article in Lawfare, “Gradually, and Then Suddenly: The Decline and Fall of ODNI [http://lawfaremedia.org/article/gradually--and-then-suddenly--the-decline-and-fall-of-odni].” ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 2

In a live conversation on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Jh-_CcWiw], Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Kate Klonick, Molly Roberts, and Roger Parloff to discuss the Supreme Court’s rulings in the birthright citizenship case and Slaughter, indictments over purported vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, former CIA Director John Brennan’s civil suit against the Department of Justice, geofencing warrants, and more. You can find information on legal challenges to Trump administration actions here [https://www.lawfaremedia.org/trumplitigationtracker]. And check out Lawfare’s new homepage on the litigation [https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trials-of-the-trump-administration], new Bluesky account [https://bsky.app/profile/trumplitigation.lawfaremedia.org], and new WITOAD merch [https://thelawfarestore.com/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lawfare Archive: The National Intelligence Strategy with Michael Collins of the National Intelligence Council

From September 1, 2023: The National Intelligence Strategy is out, and David Kris, a founder of Culper Partners, sat down to talk about it with Michael Collins, the acting head of the National Intelligence Council. They discussed many aspects of U.S. national security, defense, cyber, and intelligence strategy, including the increasing geopolitical significance of non-state entities, and even the meaning of the word intelligence itself. They also cover Mike's long and illustrious career inside the U.S. intelligence community and his thoughts about the future of U.S. intelligence. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lawfare Archive: Civil Military Relations in the Trump Administration

From July 2, 2025: For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman [https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/dbyman] interviews Lindsay Cohn [https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/lpcohn], an associate professor at the Naval War College and Columbia University, to discuss the Trump administration's handling of the U.S. military. Cohn discusses the firings of senior military officials, military parades, and the U.S. military at the U.S-Mexico border and in Los Angeles. She also assesses which policies are of genuine concern and which are overstated.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.