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What we learned from oral arguments in the most important climate liability case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in more than a decade.

The United States lacks a strategy and coordinated agency efforts to adapt foreign and security policy to the rapid aging of the global population.

The Civil Rights Division regularly announces investigations or even conclusions with little to no evidence of fact-finding at all.

A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

This collection brings together analysis of the legal and policy issues surrounding the 2026 U.S. midterm elections published on Just Security.

The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers the court poses to democratic rights.

Analysis of what the outcome of Suncor v. Boulder will mean for climate cases that rely on deception claims as the basis for fossil fuel company liability.

Advanced AI systems have crossed an important threshold from commercial software to technologies viewed as strategic national assets.

Authorities for domestic use of the military are outdated and subject to abuse. This is a blueprint for a single modern statute, enforceable limits, and judicial review.

The Washington press corps has offered a masterclass on essential collective resistance to Trump administration assaults on democracy and the rule of law.

Host David Aaron joins Adam Hickey to discuss an unusual announcement from the Department of Justice on the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Section 951. 

Cautionary tales show well-intentioned procedural requirements can tie up decisionmaking without meaningfully enhancing outcomes.