Alison Frankel

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World / Politics | ANALYSIS May 18, 2018

Experts slam Giuliani claim that Mueller can't subpoena Trump

In a media blitz Wednesday night and Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani told Fox and CNN he had received assurances that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not indict the president while he is in office. Whether a sitting president can be subjected ...

Commentary / World Feb 7, 2017

U.S. battle over courts' power

The Trump Justice Department contends that judges are intruding on terrain the U.S. Constitution and Congress have reserved for the president.

Commentary / World Mar 2, 2016

Why N.Y. judge's decision is huge win for Apple

A New York judge's ruling is a milestone in the ongoing debate over privacy and national security.

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