Natalie Orpett

4 weeks 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.

2 months ago | 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.

Feb 13, 2025 | lawfaremedia.org | Natalie Orpett |Benjamin Wittes |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Only a few weeks have passed since inauguration, but President Trump's barrage of executive orders has already generated dozens of legal challenges. Which raises the question: are the courts up to the job? Executive Editor Natalie Orpett sat down with Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare's Editor-in-Chief, to discuss his recent article, “Are the Courts Up to the Situation?,” published in Lawfare earlier this week.