Constitution

A deep dive analysis of the constitutional and statutory limits on use of any armed force in connection with the 2020 election, civil unrest, and protests.

The world must show MBS, Putin, the IRGC, and other would-be princely assassins the heavy price they will pay for murdering their citizens abroad. 

Eleven years since Congress authorized the third generation of post-9/11 Guantanamo military commissions, the substantive law governing them remains in doubt. The case of Bahlul…

In finding no violation of Posse Comitatus Act, the IG misinterprets federal law and exaggerates the power of DOD policy — creating a dangerous precedent for the domestic use…

The panel might be ready to start work in October, and it is not too late for it to weigh in on this. The global information environment demands it.

The State Department is refusing to comply with a House subpoena for documents that it's already shared with Senate Republicans.

To reflect a generation of global constitutional developments on sex equality, have a democratic national conversation in Congress.

Questions of timing, rescissions, certification, and the authority of the courts and Congress stall the Equal Rights Amendment.

Local groups in a national movement are pressing for oversight of how and when law enforcement agencies use technology to monitor citizens.

(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…

General Comment No. 37 by the U.N. Human Rights Committee, the treaty body monitoring compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), was released…

Podcast and transcript of interview with United Nations Human Rights Committee's Heyns. Topics include use of plain clothed law enforcement officers, teargas, and more.