Executive Orders

Presidents willing to disregard established declassification norms and safeguards expose a dangerous vulnerability in the governing structure.

A case that prompted a court injunction helps show executive orders on refugee resettlement and on South Africa are egregious and unlawful.

Trump's tariffs treat Hong Kong as indistinguishable from China, disregarding Hong Kong’s status as an autonomous territory.

The Impoundment Control Act may prohibit agencies from freezing or terminating funding based on changing policy priorities.

The OPM's recent email and online threat by Elon Musk demonstrate that resignations and layoffs will continue — whether lawful or not.

"In their apparent effort to give credence to the Trump Executive Order, Professors Barnett and Wurman indefensibly ignore these core, constitutive principles."

The president is wrong about what an invasion is—and what powers it triggers.

The effort to purge all trans people from the military is not merely a repeat of the struggle that played out during the first Trump administration; it is an attack of a different…

Labor and employment expert Suzanne Summerlin discusses the protections available to federal employees if their rights are violated.

We may be effectively reverting, at least temporarily, to an era of imperial rule. But history has demonstrated that international law has a long memory. Lawyers and historians…

An Executive Order that purports to dismantle the Department of Education or any of its key functions is sure to be challenged in court but would still create disruptions and other…

The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID poses significant threats to security in the Middle East and North Africa.