executive branch

Congress has imposed significant constraints on the president's ability to unilaterally lift sanctions imposed on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine in increasingly specific…

The United States' deepest constitutional and national security challenge involves not personalities, but structure.

With Trump v. United States, a majority of the Supreme Court appears ready to resolve a longstanding dispute over prosecutorial discretion in contempt of Congress cases in favor…

President Biden should proclaim the conflict authorized by the 2002 resolution to be over and determine that it is no longer “necessary and appropriate” to use force for the…

The use of AI to advance U.S. national security will complicate the application of constitutional checks and balances.

A collection of legal and policy analysis of key cases from the Supreme Court's tumultuous term.

Three major flaws in the Trump v. United States majority opinion derive from the Court’s failure to examine and differentiate the source and scope of presidential power -- whether…

Linking of “foreign commerce” to “economic security” has dangerously blurred authority that Congress has delegated to the executive branch.

Existing law, the fate of Trump’s immigration policies from 2017-2020, and the campaign’s public statements to date all offer fertile ground for understanding the potential…

Robust governance over the use of AI in the public sector requires centralized, specialized oversight of decision-making.

Despite the substantial improvements in the transparency regime for executive agreements and non-binding instruments, additional changes should be considered.

There is growing recognition that the way intelligence agencies use commercially available information is in need of reform.