Democracy

Former Undersecretary of Navy and Chair of Defense Policy Board discusses import of President Trump's address to active duty military leaders at Quantico.

Americans can no longer turn to their political leadership to avert the catastrophe of political violence.

The rhetorical threats Trump employed during his campaign are directly echoed in the titles and content of his second-term EOs.

The administration has turned consent decrees into a deregulatory weapon, and courts are beginning to confront the limits of that strategy.

Detailed legal analysis of federalization of DC police and the deployment of Guard, DHS and other forces.

The spectacle in DC is a warning: presidential authority is being stretched simply to grab power. History tells us that’s how liberty erodes.

At the heart of Brazil’s approach to digital constitutionalism is a legal framework that treats platform governance as essential to democracy.

When core functions of the state become warped into tools of personal enrichment or political control, ordinary people suffer. The poor and marginalized are hit hardest.

Weakening FOIA does not merely impair public knowledge — it also reduces the likelihood that abuses will be detected and deterred.

Congress has revealed itself less as a coequal branch and more as an accomplice in the marginalization of its own constitutional role in foreign and national security policy.

This series aims to document how erosion is happening, what it reveals, and what it demands from those committed to rebuilding and rethinking our systems of accountability.

"One of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions arose from the courageous resolve of the Dartmouth College trustees to resist the unlawful encroachments..."