Executive Orders

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

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

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

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

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?"

A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.

Although the DOJ's briefs in birthright citizen cases might initially seem well-supported, a close look reveals that it is grasping at straws.

Congress should update the Privacy Act to prevent DOGE from violating U.S. international rights obligations.