Executive Orders

Consolidating cases allows a clear, expedited path to Supreme Court review, helping quickly address matters involving executive orders.

A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Tying the harshest punishment the state can impose to the identity of the accused is dangerous speech that can increase the risk of intergroup violence.

Coverage of key developments, including in concise “What Just Happened” expert explainers, legal and policy analysis, and more. Check back frequently for updates.

A recent court decision has made clear that reorganizing the federal government can't proceed through backdoor executive planning.

The Trump administration has operated outside the appropriations process and congressional oversight through its law firm settlements.

"Without question, Congress understood that the birthright citizenship statute extended to the two groups that President Trump has targeted"

A discussion with Rebecca Hamilton about the use of State power and how to identify linkages between individual developments and broader trends in press freedom and beyond.

Tracking the use of State power requires systematically identifying linkages between individual developments and broader trends. This graphic offers one method.

NSPM-4 creates a military area that is twice the size of Washington, D.C. and expands the military’s role in stopping cross-border migration.

Disappearance of vital resources from government websites exposes a fragile ecosystem in which accountability mechanisms have broken down.

"First, are these agreements legally enforceable? Second, if not, what principled reasons do the firms have for keeping their part of these bargains?"