constitutional law

An examination of the constitutional, legal, and ethical constraints on the president when he exercises his power as chief prosecutor.

Soldiers should always remember that in a democracy, any domestic deployment order given on or around an election is suspect.

Erwin Chemerinsky and Aziz Huq discuss the powers that state and local governments can use to serve as a check against authoritarianism and federal overreach.

Section 592 unmistakably conveys Congress’s intent to bar any kind of military interference in American elections.

Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.

Federal law and the Constitution are abundantly clear: efforts to involve troops in U.S. elections are anti-constitutional and illegal.

To combat executive non-enforcement, state attorneys general are using antitrust law to hold corporations accountable.

A series exploring the powers and authorities state and local governments have to check federal overreach and protect democratic norms and individual rights.

Gubernatorial opposition is a powerful and often necessary component of meaningful state pushback against federal overreach.

Unpacking the Office of Legal Counsel opinion concluding that executive privilege may apply to presidential communications with private advisers.

Over 175 years later, cities’ historic role as hubs of resistance takes on renewed resonance in today’s era of rising authoritarianism in the United States.

States need independent agencies with jurisdiction to enforce their residents’ rights so the valuation of those rights are evenhanded and not subject to political will.