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Jack Goldsmith

@jacklgoldsmith
8 posts
2025-07-05
My take on the Bondi letters related to not enforcing the TikTok ban—"an astounding assertion of executive power—maybe the broadest I have ever seen any president or Justice Department make, ever, in any context—and that is saying something." https://executivefunctions.substack.com / ... [image]
2025-07-05 View on X
New York Times

FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban

The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will. Dean Baker / @deanbaker13 : Trump says he can clai...

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2025-07-04
My take on the Bondi letters related to not enforcing the TikTok ban—"an astounding assertion of executive power—maybe the broadest I have ever seen any president or Justice Department make, ever, in any context—and that is saying something." https://executivefunctions.substack.com / ... [image]
2025-07-04 View on X
New York Times

FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban

In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.

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2025-06-20
My take on Trump's second and still-illegal extension of his order declining enforcement of the TikTok ban and seeking to wipe out private liability under the law, with assessment of implications. https://executivefunctions.substack.com / ... [image]
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Associated Press

Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions, and it's unclear how many times the deadline can be extended

Again NZ Herald : Trump gives TikTok 90 more days to find buyer, again delayed ban Joe DePaolo / Mediaite : ‘Brazenly Illegal’: Conservatives Lash Out at Trump for Executive Order ...

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2025-01-13
DOGE is being designed to skirt conflicts of interest and transparency rules of Federal Advisory Committee Act: “DOGE itself is now unlikely to incorporate as an organized outside entity ... .” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-01-13 View on X
New York Times

Sources detail DOGE, which is likely to work as more of a brand linked by Signal group chats coordinating US policy or personnel recommendations and recruitment

Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.

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2021-03-08
Self-defeating: “Officials” tell NYT that “over the next three weeks” the USG will engage in “a series of covert counterstrikes on Russian networks.” USG is only country that regularly signals and boasts about its “secret” offensive cyber ops. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-03-08 View on X
New York Times

Sources: US plans attacks on Russian networks and new sanctions, in retaliation for SolarWinds hack; Biden curbed Cyber Command's offensive leeway in Jan. 20 EO

The proliferation of cyberattacks by rivals is presenting a challenge to the Biden administration as it seeks to deter intrusions on government and corporate systems.

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2020-10-15
Here are 2 pieces on the problem. https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... & https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ .... Under this policy Twitter would ban stories re hacked Sony emails, the Panama Papers, the hacked NSA and CIA offensive cyber tools, probably Snowden's documents and Chelsea Manning's revelations. https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-15 View on X
BuzzFeed News

Facebook limits the distribution of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending fact-check, while Twitter blocks sharing

Facebook and Twitter said they will be limiting the distribution of or blocking a New York Post story making unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden.

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Here are 2 pieces on the problem. https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... & https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ .... Under this policy Twitter would ban stories re hacked Sony emails, the Panama Papers, the hacked NSA and CIA offensive cyber tools, probably Snowden's documents and Chelsea Manning's revelations. https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-15 View on X
@twittersafety

[Thread] Twitter clarifies why it blocked the sharing of NY Post's Biden story, saying it contained private info and violated its Hacked Materials Policy

We want to provide much needed clarity around the actions we've taken with respect to two NY Post articles that were first Tweeted this morning.

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2018-01-21
1/ President Trump today signed the Section 702 reauthorization into law. That means that, with relatively minor changes, 702 has now been affirmed by three different presidents and congresses. http://www.reuters.com/...
2018-01-21 View on X
Politico

President Trump signs the bill to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, extending warrantless surveillance program through 2023

Martin Matishak / Politico :

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