Natalie Orpett

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Natalie Orpett |James Pearce

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With We’re living in a world where allusions to Shakespeare’s famous “first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” line have become commonplace. They come in the context of the Trump administration’s many attacks against lawyers, courts, and—perhaps most unexpectedly—some prominent law firms.

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Scott Anderson |Natalie Orpett |Tyler McBrien

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Natalie Orpett, Tyler McBrien, and Daniel Byman to talk through the week’s big national security news, including: “Borderline Behavior.” A major flare-up over the disputed region of Kashmir took place this past week, leading to a major exchange of hostilities between the nuclear powers of India and Pakistan before they agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire—one that is mostly holding,...

1 month ago | lawfaremedia.org | Natalie Orpett |Jonathan Lowy |Chantal Flores |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With The Supreme Court recently held oral arguments in the case of Mexico v. Smith & Wesson, a groundbreaking case brought by the government of Mexico that seeks to hold U.S. gun manufacturers accountable for cartels' use of American weapons to perpetrate violence in Mexico.

1 month ago | lawfaremedia.org | Quinta Jurecic |Natalie Orpett |Benjamin Wittes

The Supreme Court’s decision Monday in Trump v. J.G.G. has sent a strange set of mixed messages to the Trump administration concerning its invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to ship hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador.

Feb 26, 2025 | lawfaremedia.org | Scott Anderson |Benjamin Wittes |Natalie Orpett |Anastasiia Lapatina

This week, Scott Anderson joined his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Natalie Orpett, and Anastasiia Lapatina for a rare, all-in-person discussion of the week’s big national security news, including:“Chicken Kyiv, Served Cold.” The Trump administration’s vision for a peace settlement in Ukraine is coming into focus—and it’s not the one many Ukrainians and Europeans were hoping for.