Constitution

It is time to reconsider U.S. strategic objectives in Syria and the legal basis for the use of force there.

Transitional justice mechanisms confronted bad timing, political infighting, and demands for structural changes that drove the revolution.

The first session provided a valuable view into where States stand, what the convention may aim to achieve, and its political viability.

Given constitutional constraints on retroactive changes to criminal laws, every day Congress fails to act is another day it affords war criminals impunity.

States and other non-federal actors have significant power, much of which is still untapped, to support ongoing sanctions efforts.

Remarks from Jameel Jaffer, Just Security Executive Editor and Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

In Mexico, journalists call for meaningful reform to address the epidemic of deadly violence against the press.

Cross-published with Tech Policy Press   Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, moves by governments and private companies to limit or ban Russian state…

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.

Sudan's military derailed a transition to civilian control in October. The former Minister of Justice takes a deep dive into the legal ambiguity in key founding documents that…

Prepublication review has ballooned since 1980 Supreme Court decision in Snepp v. U.S.

Two recent commissions, while diagnosing the challenge differently, reached some similar conclusions on steps to take.