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Decision not to defend fetal heartbeat law 'a unique case,' attorney general's office says

Saikrishna Prakash, who co-authored the Yale Law Journal article with Devins, said that as the practice has grown in popularity, attorneys general around the country have an increasing awareness of their ability not to defend state laws. "In terms of opportunity, I would just say as more state attorneys general do this, it becomes an option," said Prakash, who is a law professor at the University of Virginia and a senior fellow at the university's Miller Center.

Saikrishna Prakash

Governance

Culture of corruption

EPA's Scott Pruitt is just one example of the Trump administration's defiance of ethics rules and norms.

EPA's Scott Pruitt is gone, but the Trump adminstration’s culture of corruption remains

For the past year, the survival instincts of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt have been a constant source of amazement in Washington. Despite an almost daily series of disclosures, Pruitt managed to hold onto his job and even seemed to gain more trust from Donald Trump.

Chris Lu

U.S. trade war with China is on

Chris Lu is interviewed on CNN Headline News

Chris Lu

Pruitt lobbied Trump to fire Sessions

Senior Fellow Chris Lu is interviewed on CNN

Chris Lu

Bring Koreas together first, says Zelikow

Focusing on denuclearization won’t get us anywhere with North Korea, says Philip Zelikow, a former U.S. State Department official and professor of history at the University of Virginia. “I’ve been arguing for a long time that we need a different strategy,” he told the JoongAng Ilbo and Korea JoongAng Daily in an interview during the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity on June 27. “Instead of pushing for denuclearization first - a narrow technical agenda that doesn’t even engage the Korean people very much - we should have a broad discussion on many issues that Koreans understand and are important, and then an improved atmosphere will make denuclearization easier.”

Philip Zelikow