Rule of Law

A retired judge advocate explains how a future administration could decide who to prosecute for the illegal strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.

Federal law specifies that involuntary mobilization is to be used only to provide military forces for war or national emergencies.

In light of recent Supreme Court rulings, Congress should act now to assert the full extent of its authority over the federal bureaucracy.

Anyone who cares about the First Amendment should be concerned about HB 1471 and the spread of state-level terrorism designation laws.

International law experts respond to the Trump administration's campaign to "dismantle" the International Criminal Court.

Bosnian Serb leader denies the mass killings, rapes, and ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks while reviving racist, anti-Muslim narratives that preceded the atrocities.

In these two cases, the Court misread history with an unmistakable result: two fundamentally irreconcilable decisions.

The U.S. needs to lead a new export control regime -- coordinating with its partners and allies -- to constrain China’s ability to produce advanced and foundational chips.

A post-Trump America must finally turn transitional justice tools inward and reckon with failures it has long refused to face if it aims to repair, not simply ignore.

The single most important move the U.S. could make to aid Venezuela would be to lift all remaining economic sanctions on the country while maintaining some on individuals.

Transitional justice approaches in Syria must not isolate periods of oppression from the broader contexts that enabled them.

The Trump administration's threats to First Amendment rights have inspired a broad front defending free speech, freedom of the press, protest rights and more.