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Challenging Toxic Air Exemptions – and a Pattern of Executive Overreach on Regulatory Rollbacks
Together, the Trump administration’s vision of the Clean Air Act’s exemption authority and shutting courts out from review is one of completely unchecked presidential power.

Expert Q&A: Decoding the Treasury Department’s Actions on Iran
How to understand the Treasury Department's sanctions relief for Iran's oil sector, its quick reversal, and what to look for going forward.

No, Trump Can’t Withhold Anti-Terrorism Funds to Pressure States to Change Their Election Rules
The attempt to condition states' counterterrorism funding on changes to election rules is unlawful and likely to be challenged in court.

AI and Warrantless Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
The use of LLMs for foreign intelligence surveillance erodes the rules put in place to safeguard Americans' civil liberties.

Trust, But Verify: Three Grand Jury Reforms to Hold the Government Accountable
Steps should be taken to strengthen grand juries by giving courts and defense counsel more tools to act as a much-needed check on prosecutors.

AI and the Commercial Data Loophole
The Pentagon’s new deals to deploy commercial LLMs on its classified networks provide it with a powerful surveillance capability that could be turned on Americans.

Key Trump Deportation Strategies: Removing, Replacing, and Pressuring Immigration Judges
New data shows how mass firings, loyalist replacements, and pressure tactics are turning U.S. immigration courts into a deportation enforcement arm.

How to Choose Which Military Members to Hold Accountable for Illegal Boat Strikes
A retired judge advocate explains how a future administration could decide who to prosecute for the illegal strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.

Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve
Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.

Justice Gorsuch’s Slaughter Opinion is a Direct Threat to Congress
In light of recent Supreme Court rulings, Congress should act now to assert the full extent of its authority over the federal bureaucracy.

Breaking the Cycle: Transitional Justice in America After Trump
A post-Trump America must finally turn transitional justice tools inward and reckon with failures it has long refused to face if it aims to repair, not simply ignore.

How Defending Free Speech Can Unite Unlikely Allies
The Trump administration's threats to First Amendment rights have inspired a broad front defending free speech, freedom of the press, protest rights and more.