Presidential Powers

As governors start reopening their states, what could the White House and federal government do to stop it if the feds wanted to?

James Baker, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, urges the President to take more decisive…

With passage of historic war powers legislation on Iran, a leading authority homes in on what deep reform of the war powers should look like.

A former Acting Attorney General who earlier served with Bill Barr in the H.W. Bush administration writes scathing critique of Barr.

“I testified at Barr's Senate confirmation hearing. I urged the Senate to reject the nomination. … I am not saying here that I told you so. Rather, my warning was insufficiently…

"The administration’s positions amount to a fundamental revision of existing legal foundations for military action against Iran that can be undertaken by this and future presidents."

Key Legal Questions, With Preview of a New Research Database

"What this standoff also reveals is a deeper threat to our constitutional system, and a pathway forward for legislators to guard against abuses by this and future presidents."

In a recent piece in the Washington Post, Professor Mary Dudziak drew attention to the Executive Branch’s continued reliance upon President Truman’s police action on the Korean…

Analysts and scholars have long wondered what it would look like if Congress reasserted itself in foreign affairs.  It’s a role that Just Security Founding Editor (and my former…

The White House chief of staff position is again in transition. It is the top staff job in government — a momentous position that merits a broad look at its roles and responsibilities.…

"It’s not hard to summarize Barr’s views because they're so shockingly categorical and so extreme."