Constitution

A long line of authority holds that persons or things within a country’s territorial borders are subject to its jurisdiction.

I argued the Holtzman case. Nothing in Holtzman v. Schlesinger suggests that the military, acting under Presidential instructions, is empowered to ignore court orders.

Now is the time to prepare for the second quantum revolution.

This unprecedented purge of the nation’s top brass suggests that Trump may attempt to fill these roles with officers he perceives as loyal.

U.S. military action in Mexico would not only be illegal, it would sabotage Trump’s stated immigration policy priorities and could lead to retaliation against Americans.

"In their apparent effort to give credence to the Trump Executive Order, Professors Barnett and Wurman indefensibly ignore these core, constitutive principles."

The president is wrong about what an invasion is—and what powers it triggers.

Expert Backgrounder on how civil service laws do or do not protect DOJ and FBI officials from retaliation.

The president and his allies are leading an effort to eviscerate the free press and construct an information ecosystem favorable to his views.

A recent clarification could help former government employees who once held security clearances publicly write and speak more freely.

Updated to account for reply briefs and Feb. 5 judicial opinion issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction

U.S. media institutions are abandoning their own First Amendment rights by settling lawsuits with Trump, writes Jaffer for the New York Times.