Anupam Chander
@anupamchander.bsky.social
Dog dad and Georgetown law prof.
Less than a month away from new DJI drones being banned from being sold in the U.S. Law passed in Dec. 2024 requires DJI drones to be banned unless they clear a security review--but the review has not yet begun as far as DJI knows. U.S. first responders depend on DJI. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Less than a month away from new DJI drones being banned from being sold in the U.S. Law passed in Dec. 2024 requires DJI drones to be banned unless they clear a security review--but the review has not yet begun as far as DJI knows. U.S. first responders depend on DJI. 1/
Amazing round-up of arguments in the tariffs case by Harold Koh and his students published by @justsecurity.org. www.justsecurity.org/123818/scotu... I think the anti-tariffs side has the much stronger argument.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Amazing round-up of arguments in the tariffs case by Harold Koh and his students published by @justsecurity.org. www.justsecurity.org/123818/scotu... I think the anti-tariffs side has the much stronger argument.
I spoke with Bloomberg on the oddity of Trump pushing tariffs on goods, while insisting on no tariffs on digital imports. "Trump Pushes for a US-Led Digital Economy That’s Free of Tariffs" -- www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I spoke with Bloomberg on the oddity of Trump pushing tariffs on goods, while insisting on no tariffs on digital imports. "Trump Pushes for a US-Led Digital Economy That’s Free of Tariffs" -- www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If Pres. Trump is relying on IEEPA for the movie tariffs, he will likely find that he is blocked by the Berman Amendment.
September 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If Pres. Trump is relying on IEEPA for the movie tariffs, he will likely find that he is blocked by the Berman Amendment.
Pointed out to the @washingtonpost that the Trump Admin's influence over who controls TikTok is highly unusual even considering the executive's role in supervising national security mitigation agreements. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Pointed out to the @washingtonpost that the Trump Admin's influence over who controls TikTok is highly unusual even considering the executive's role in supervising national security mitigation agreements. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Told Newsweek that $14 billion valuation for TikTok U.S. was a "fire sale" price (even if, by the way, ByteDance retains 50% of profit).
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Told Newsweek that $14 billion valuation for TikTok U.S. was a "fire sale" price (even if, by the way, ByteDance retains 50% of profit).
Shared my concern with the Washington Post that TikTok's new American owners happen to be supporters of the current administration. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
September 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Shared my concern with the Washington Post that TikTok's new American owners happen to be supporters of the current administration. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Quoted in the The New York Times on the TikTok deal in a story earlier this week.
I worried about a new propaganda concern--as ownership is shifting to the President's allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
I worried about a new propaganda concern--as ownership is shifting to the President's allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
September 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Quoted in the The New York Times on the TikTok deal in a story earlier this week.
I worried about a new propaganda concern--as ownership is shifting to the President's allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
I worried about a new propaganda concern--as ownership is shifting to the President's allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
Here's what the Congressman who wrote the TikTok law said in January 2025 about the law: "Congress Didn't Ban TikTok."
September 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Here's what the Congressman who wrote the TikTok law said in January 2025 about the law: "Congress Didn't Ban TikTok."
The problem was that Congress insisted that the law wasn't a ban--even though that is, as you say, what the law actually said.
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The problem was that Congress insisted that the law wasn't a ban--even though that is, as you say, what the law actually said.
Quoted by CBS News regarding Trump's unilateral deferral of enforcement of the TikTok ban law. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-d...
September 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Quoted by CBS News regarding Trump's unilateral deferral of enforcement of the TikTok ban law. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-d...
So much crazy in this. The South Korean gov't had to insist that the workers not be handcuffed as they were led to the flight--but Trump said that they could stay (presumably not handcuffed) in the U.S. to train Americans. One of 331 chose to stay. www.ft.com/content/fdbe...
September 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So much crazy in this. The South Korean gov't had to insist that the workers not be handcuffed as they were led to the flight--but Trump said that they could stay (presumably not handcuffed) in the U.S. to train Americans. One of 331 chose to stay. www.ft.com/content/fdbe...
If the "US paid nothing" for Intel's shares, does this mean that the U.S. government extorted them?
August 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If the "US paid nothing" for Intel's shares, does this mean that the U.S. government extorted them?
Didn't expect that my most popular article assigned in U.S. colleges would be "Flying the Mexican Flag in Los Angeles" in the Fordham Law Review.
August 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Didn't expect that my most popular article assigned in U.S. colleges would be "Flying the Mexican Flag in Los Angeles" in the Fordham Law Review.
Nice @zey.bsky.social piece about deepfakes, warning about putting governments in charge to weed out "fake" news. She describes proposal by Sen. Klobuchar to permit Health secretary to designate health misinfo that would be excluded from 230 liability protection. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
August 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Nice @zey.bsky.social piece about deepfakes, warning about putting governments in charge to weed out "fake" news. She describes proposal by Sen. Klobuchar to permit Health secretary to designate health misinfo that would be excluded from 230 liability protection. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
This is the coverage of Trump's high tariffs on India in one prominent Indian financial paper. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i...
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is the coverage of Trump's high tariffs on India in one prominent Indian financial paper. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i...
This claim, that China won't let foreigners acquire algorithm, seems to be disputed by (1) Trump Admin; and (2) reporting. TikTok US sale would be part of China-US trade deal. 3/
July 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This claim, that China won't let foreigners acquire algorithm, seems to be disputed by (1) Trump Admin; and (2) reporting. TikTok US sale would be part of China-US trade deal. 3/
Argues that the Biden Admin abandoned Project Texas in part because they didn't want Republicans to accuse them of accommodating China. Both parties passed the divest-or-ban law in 2024 because "no party wanted to look weak on China." 2/
July 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Argues that the Biden Admin abandoned Project Texas in part because they didn't want Republicans to accuse them of accommodating China. Both parties passed the divest-or-ban law in 2024 because "no party wanted to look weak on China." 2/
More on the TikTok ban, now via Glenn Gerstell, former general counsel of the NSA (during Obama II and then Trump I--2015-2020) (now at CSIS and teaching adjunct at Georgetown Law). Obviously someone with a lot of knowledge on the issue. 1/
July 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
More on the TikTok ban, now via Glenn Gerstell, former general counsel of the NSA (during Obama II and then Trump I--2015-2020) (now at CSIS and teaching adjunct at Georgetown Law). Obviously someone with a lot of knowledge on the issue. 1/
Japan just made everyone else's job negotiating with Trump much, much harder: Japan is giving Trump the ability to direct a $500 billion investment fund and keep 90% of the profits for the U.S.
Japan just handed Trump a sovereign wealth fund and enormous power over the economy.
Japan just handed Trump a sovereign wealth fund and enormous power over the economy.
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Japan just made everyone else's job negotiating with Trump much, much harder: Japan is giving Trump the ability to direct a $500 billion investment fund and keep 90% of the profits for the U.S.
Japan just handed Trump a sovereign wealth fund and enormous power over the economy.
Japan just handed Trump a sovereign wealth fund and enormous power over the economy.
Trump keeps on threatening ruinous tariffs even on countries that run a trade deficit with us. Earlier Brazil. Now Kazakhstan. There is no logic here, just pure power politics. Not a way to win any country to our side.
July 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Trump keeps on threatening ruinous tariffs even on countries that run a trade deficit with us. Earlier Brazil. Now Kazakhstan. There is no logic here, just pure power politics. Not a way to win any country to our side.
An Israeli tank opened fire on hungry Palestinians seeking food. An NPR producer, himself starving, recounts the unimaginable horrors, and stepping over bodies to get food. www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...
July 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
An Israeli tank opened fire on hungry Palestinians seeking food. An NPR producer, himself starving, recounts the unimaginable horrors, and stepping over bodies to get food. www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...
This photo of Rafah reminded me of toothless Biden's May '24 warning: “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah ..., I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem" www.reuters.com/world/biden-...
July 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This photo of Rafah reminded me of toothless Biden's May '24 warning: “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah ..., I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem" www.reuters.com/world/biden-...
Imagine if after a terrorist attack, the headlines read, "Some Americans fear attack while getting aid" and no summary headline for those days says "Some Americans killed while trying to eat"
Also "getting aid" is a heck of a euphemism for "trying not to starve" -- www.nytimes.com/column/the-h...
Also "getting aid" is a heck of a euphemism for "trying not to starve" -- www.nytimes.com/column/the-h...
June 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Imagine if after a terrorist attack, the headlines read, "Some Americans fear attack while getting aid" and no summary headline for those days says "Some Americans killed while trying to eat"
Also "getting aid" is a heck of a euphemism for "trying not to starve" -- www.nytimes.com/column/the-h...
Also "getting aid" is a heck of a euphemism for "trying not to starve" -- www.nytimes.com/column/the-h...
"Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU countries have paid more than €200bn to Russia for fuel"--Financial Times, www.ft.com/content/817f...
June 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU countries have paid more than €200bn to Russia for fuel"--Financial Times, www.ft.com/content/817f...