Law enforcement

Soldiers should always remember that in a democracy, any domestic deployment order given on or around an election is suspect.

The Civil Rights Division regularly announces investigations or even conclusions with little to no evidence of fact-finding at all.

Recent developments signal a European commitment to upholding global anti-corruption norms even without U.S. involvement.

Host David Aaron joins Adam Hickey to discuss an unusual announcement from the Department of Justice on the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Section 951. 

Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic.

The Privacy Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes.

Gubernatorial opposition is a powerful and often necessary component of meaningful state pushback against federal overreach.

States need independent agencies with jurisdiction to enforce their residents’ rights so the valuation of those rights are evenhanded and not subject to political will.

U.S. strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels mark an unlawful expansion of military force into what has long been—and should remain—a law enforcement mission.

As a federal-level accountability desert forms, states are reviving "collateral accountability" — damages suits against federal officers who violate constitutional rights.

States must be vigilant stewards of their data — auditing what they hold, limiting what they share, and enforcing legal constraints against federal overreach.

States have constitutional protections against commandeering and coercion — but face a new challenge when the federal government sidelines states completely.