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2 weeks ago | 
contrarian.substack.com | Adam Klasfeld |Mary B. McCord
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Ryan Goodman |Tom Joscelyn |Mary B. McCord |Paras Shah |Clara Apt
In just his first six weeks in office, President Donald Trump has issued more than 80 executive orders and other actions, many of them targeting the federal workforce and the structure of the federal government. Just Security’s Co-Editor-in-Chief, Ryan Goodman, recently published a timeline of actions that highlight the alarming level of politicization and weaponization of the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Mary B. McCord
The hearing on the nomination of Pamela Jo Bondi to be Attorney General of the United States has rightfully received significant attention due to questions about whether her loyalty to President-elect Trump will impede her independence in making investigatory and prosecutorial decisions as Attorney General. This morning, I am testifying on the second day of Ms. Bondi’s confirmation hearing about the importance of this independence.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
msn.com | Mary B. McCord
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Mary B. McCord
Donald Trump’s repeated promise to consider pardons for the January 6 attackers is rightly seen as a craven political move, one that would both satiate his base and bolster the lie that the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol was a peaceful protest, and that those who have been charged and convicted are political prisoners or even “hostages.” But the promise is something graver too: Blanket pardons for the January 6 rioters would be a severe assault on the legitimacy of the criminal legal...
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Benjamin Wittes |Mary B. McCord |Jen Patja
Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Scott Anderson, Alan Rozenshtein, and Quinta Jurecic and Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection Mary McCord about Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and senior-level administration positions, including Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, the possibility of Trump using the recess appointment power, and more.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
slate.com | Mary B. McCord |Barbara L. McQuade |Joyce White Vance
Skip to the content Jurisprudence One can fairly argue that the Department of Justice has been overly cautious in prosecuting Donald Trump. But recent criticism that the DOJ has been too aggressive in its efforts to bring the former president to justice is simply off base. Some critics have claimed that special counsel Jack Smith violated DOJ policy last week when he filed a brief in the district court in the Jan.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Mary B. McCord |Jacob Glick
Editor’s note: This article is part of a new series from leading experts with practical solutions to democratic backsliding, polarization, and political violence. The investigations and prosecutions arising from the January 6, 2021, insurrection exposed the key role played by paramilitary groups in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Mary B. McCord
The Supreme Court’s immunity decision in Trump v. United States has rightly received strong criticism from legal analysts, including me (here, and here, for example).
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Marty Lederman |Mary B. McCord |Steve Vladeck |Ryan Goodman |Paras Shah |Audrey Balliette | +1 more
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Trump v. United States, finding that former presidents have “absolute immunity” for certain “official acts” taken while in office. The decision is a potentially sweeping expansion of presidential power and raises many questions, such as how to separate “official” and “unofficial” conduct in practice, and how it will impact the prosecutions against former President Donald Trump. What are the opinion’s key takeaways?
