Executive Branch
Just Security’s expert authors provide analysis of the U.S. executive branch related to national security, rights, and the rule of law. Analysis and informational resources focus on the executive branch’s powers and their limits, and the actions of the president, administrative agencies, and federal officials.
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Estrangement Over Engagement: How the Trump Administration is Bucking Bipartisan Human Rights Diplomacy at the UN
The practice of the Trump administration turning its back on rights at the United Nations goes well beyond the Human Rights Council.
Nonviolent Civic Action May Help Defend the Integrity of the Election
Media outlets, protestors, and officials will play essential roles in either exacerbating or alleviating tensions that can lead to violence.
The President and Immigration Law Series: The Consequences of the Free Rein of Enforcement on Borderlands Society
Next in our President and Immigration Law series, Josiah Heyman explores how an emphasis on enforcement transforms U.S. borderlands into enforcement zones of maximal executive…
The President and Immigration Law Series: The Urgent Need to Shrink Immigration Detention
Next in our series on The President and Immigration Law, Margo Schlanger argues that the current immigration detention regime – a co-production of Congress and the executive…
Trump’s Executive Order on the ICC is Illegal, Not Just Shameful
Significant First Amendment concerns are raised by the administration's sanctions against the International Criminal Court and against those who support the ICC's work.
The President and Immigration Law Series: Executive Power Beyond Enforcement
Nicholas Espiritu cautions that presidential power goes beyond enforcement - and neither bureaucratic nor constitutional safeguards are sufficient to check these quasi-legislative…
The President and Immigration Law: Introduction to a Just Security Series
In order to develop a meaningful reform agenda, it is essential to understand how the U.S. immigration system and the president’s prominent role within it came to be. In a new…
Amnesty International Calls for India to Lift Account Freeze to Resume Vital Human Rights Work
Senior US officials traveling to India this month should urge the immediate lifting of the account freeze and press India to guarantee rights of civil society organizations to…
Shaky Hands in the Oval Office
Like another president's illness, Trump's bout with COVID-19 exposes the risks of a personalized foreign policy that dismisses national security structures.
New Financial Sector Sanctions will Eviscerate Humanitarian Trade with Iran
A basic understanding of the legal landscape of U.S. sanctions makes clear that sanctioning the rest of Iran’s financial sector will carry significant consequences for the Iranian…
Prosecuting the ISIS “Beatles:” A testament to dedicated US government professionalism
On the eight-year history that led to this point.
Why We Are Suing President Trump
Orders by President Donald Trump and his Cabinet make us afraid to continue our lifelong work for justice.