Selected Non-Fiction Publications

Book Chapters

“Restoring Congressional Oversight Authority over the Executive Branch,” with Jared Schott  In Norman Eisen (ed.), Overcoming Trumpery: How to Restore Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Democracy. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, (May 2022).

Reports

Second Edition: Fulton County, Georgia’s Trump Investigation: An Analysis of the Reported Facts and Applicable Law, with Norman Eisen, Donald Ayer, Noah Bookbinder, Gwen Keyes Fleming, Debra Perlin, and Jason Powell, The Brookings Institution, Governance Studies, November 2022.

Fulton County, Georgia’s Trump Investigation: An Analysis of the Reported Facts and Applicable Law, with Norman Eisen, Joshua Matz, Donald Ayer, Gwen Keyes Fleming, Jason Harrow, and Raymond P. Tolentino, The Brookings Institution, Governance Studies, October 2021.

Articles & Editorials

The Benefits and Misconceptions of Digger Wasps, Northern Woodlands Magazine, September 29, 2024.

The Many Virtues of Mountain-Mint, Northern Woodlands Magazine, July 22, 2024.

Waterthrushes: Winged Kings of the Bog and Stream, Northern Woodlands Magazine, July 8, 2024.

The Wonders of Aerial Insectivore Flight, Northern Woodlands Magazine, May 28, 2024.

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Stalkers of the Shallows, Northern Woodlands Magazine, April 15, 2024.

Thundersnow: A Rare Type of Winter Storm, Northern Woodlands Magazine, January 2, 2024.

AI can strengthen U.S. democracy—and weaken it, with Norman Eisen, Nicol Turner Lee, and Jonathan Katz, The Brookings Institution, November 21, 2023.

Sackett v. EPA's Aftermath and the Risk of Inflamed Western Water Conflict, Just Security, October 2, 2023.

Buttonbush Is a Boon for Wildlife, Northern Woodlands Magazine, October 2, 2023.

Spicebush Swallowtails: Beauty and Defense, Northern Woodlands Magazine, July 31, 2023.

Opinion: Here's the way George Santos' career in Congress could end, with  Norman Eisen, CNN, March 6, 2023.

Power Struggles: Grid Attacks and Extremism in an Age of Climate Volatility, Lawfare, February 10, 2023.

Biden State of the Union 2023: Should Biden acknowledge the classified documents investigation?, with Taylor Redd and Norman Eisen, The Brookings Institution, February 2, 2023.

County secession: Local efforts to redraw political borders, with Edison Forman, The Brookings Institution, January 10, 2023.

Democracy on the ballot—will false electors be investigated?, with Norman Eisen, The Brookings Institution, December 12, 2022.

Democracy on the ballot—will election-denying litigation succeed?, with Victoria Bassetti, Norman Eisen, and Taylor Redd, The Brookings Institution, November 8, 2022.

The worrying decline of the Senate candidate debate, The Brookings Institution, October 10, 2022.

How a stockholding ban could change Congress, with Norman Eisen and Jaya Nayar, The Brookings Institution, August 18, 2022.

Highlights from the Criminal Evidence Tracker’s Reports on Seven Hearings by the January 6th Committee, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, Debra Perlin, and Madison Gee, Just Security, July 21, 2022.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Seventh Edition, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, Debra Perlin, Madison Gee, and Taylor Redd, Just Security, July 18, 2022.

Five important takeaways from the January 6 committee’s June hearings, The Brookings Institution, July 6, 2022. 

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Sixth Edition, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, Debra Perlin, and Madison Gee, Just Security, June 30, 2022.

In Advance of the Snap Hearing…The January 6th Criminal Evidence Tracker Fifth Edition, Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, Debra Perlin, and Madison Gee, Just Security, June 27, 2022.

From now on, we should call it the Trump Court, with Norman Eisen, The Brookings Institution, June 24, 2022.

Trump Should Not Be Sleeping Well After This Jan. 6 Hearing, with Dennis Aftergut and Norman Eisen, Slate, June 24, 2022.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Fourth Edition, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, Debra Perlin, and Madison Gee, Just Security, June 23, 2022.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Third Edition, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, Debra Perlin, and Madison Gee, Just Security, June 18, 2022.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Second Edition, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, and Debra Perlin, Just Security, June 14, 2022.

The January 6th Hearings: A Criminal Evidence Tracker, with Noah Bookbinder, Norman Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Jason Powell, and Debra Perlin, Just Security, June 10, 2022.

Once Defeated, ‘Trumpery’ returns to the ballot in 2022, with Norman Eisen, CNN, May 10, 2022.

How Samuel Alito Is Like Donald Trump, with Norman Eisen, Slate, May 3, 2022.

Federal Intervention, Conflict, and Drought in the American West, with Ishita Krishan, Lawfare, December 6, 2021.

Why Texas had catastrophic blackouts, with Kelsey Landau and Julia Bourkland, The Brookings Institution, March 8, 2021.

In Georgia, an up-and-down road to justice for victims of the August War, with Norman Eisen, Madison Gee, Sue Ryu, and Kate Tandberg, The Brookings Institution, March 3, 2021.

Corruption in utility bailouts hurts ratepayers and the planet, The Brookings Institution, February 2, 2021.

For Armenia’s Pashinyan, Poroshenko’s presidency should serve as a cautionary tale, Atlantic Council, July 2, 2019.

It’s time to invite Georgia to join NATO, Atlantic Council, April 9, 2019.