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Katherine Hawkins

Senior Legal Analyst

Areas of Expertise

National security law, civil liberties, immigration, legal impunity, policing reform

Katherine Hawkins is a Senior Legal Analyst, focusing on national security, immigration and human rights. She was previously a policy counsel and investigator for the Constitution Project, and a national security fellow for Open the Government. Katherine is one of the leading experts on the United States government's use of torture after September 11, and has published extensively on the subject. She received a B.A. in political science from Yale University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Latest Work

  • We Can’t “Look Forward” on the Trump Administration’s Abuses

    analysis | December 11, 2020

  • Unqualified Impunity: When Government Officials Break the Law, They Often Get Away With It

    analysis | October 22, 2020

  • Pretrial Detention in a Pandemic

    analysis | June 23, 2020

  • Past Deaths in Custody Highlight Dire Risks for Immigration Detainees During Coronavirus Outbreak

    investigation | April 29, 2020

  • Is the Justice Department About to Embark on Mass Citizenship-Stripping?

    analysis | February 28, 2020

  • Recommendations for Reclaiming Congress’s War Powers

    analysis | February 19, 2020

  • Threats to Due Process in U.S. Immigration Courts

    testimony | January 29, 2020

  • Impeachment: Frequently Asked Questions

    analysis | January 10, 2020

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