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This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott bade a temporary farewell to Alan and spent one last afternoon (for a few months, anyway) digging into the week\u2019s big national security news stories, including:

• \u201cCeasefire or Misfire?\u201d We are now one month into Israel\u2019s military campaign in the Gaza Strip. As civilian casualties continue to mount and Israel\u2019s ground operations get underway, there are growing calls for a ceasefire\u2014calls that the Biden administration may now be taking up, in more limited and temporary fashion. Where are we in this conflict? Is there any end in sight?
• \u201cFreedom of Screech.\u201d Former President Trump\u2019s speech\u2014and the right to it\u2014is increasingly becoming an issue in his various criminal and civil trials, both legal and otherwise (as evidenced by a recent bout of angry shouting he pursued on the stand in his New York civil case). How have courts been balancing the equities? Is there something they can do better?
• \u201cNo, no\u2014THAT\u2019s what the Insurrection Act is for.\u201d In an effort spearheaded by co-conspirator number four himself Jeffrey Clark, President Trump and his allies are reportedly planning for a revenge campaign if he returns to the White House, beginning with a complete takeover of the Justice Department. How realistic are these plans? What can be done to stop them?

For object lessons, Alan recommended Sandra Newman\u2019s \u201cJulia,\u201d a retelling of the classic \u201c1984\u201d from a new perspective. Quinta gave a similar bump to Brandon Taylor\u2019s new novel, \u201cThe Late Americans.\u201d And Scott rolled logs for his latest piece for Lawfare, a retrospective on the legacy of the War Powers Resolution fifty years after its enactment.

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