Congress

This collection brings together analysis of the legal and policy issues surrounding the 2026 U.S. midterm elections published on Just Security.

The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers the court poses to democratic rights.

If the Trump administration declines to disclose the terms of the Venezuela oil deal, Congress has tools available to compel it to do so.

Successive administrations have stretched the AUMF beyond any reasonable interpretation to wage worldwide war, without foreseeable end.

Analysis of what the outcome of Suncor v. Boulder will mean for climate cases that rely on deception claims as the basis for fossil fuel company liability.

Authorities for domestic use of the military are outdated and subject to abuse. This is a blueprint for a single modern statute, enforceable limits, and judicial review.

The United States could learn from Brazil about forming a cross-sectoral coalition to defend democratic institutions. So why is it falling short?

Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic.

Congress should pose the following questions to the administration about the assets it claims to have seized from Venezuela.

A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.

The Privacy Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes.