Presidential Powers

"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."

Though the Senate vote on cessation of military assistance for the Saudi War in Yemen will have no practical effect – the House of Representatives will not take up the matter…

Now that the Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, there will be a flood of congressional investigations of waste, fraud, and abuse within the Trump administration,…

Why the U.S. military and national security are poorly served by Kavanaugh's support for extreme Presidential Powers.

"It’s time to focus on where the real threat to Mueller’s report reaching the public may arise. The assertion of executive privilege is not it."

One thing everyone can agree on is that President Donald Trump is a master at exposing the cracks in our political and legal landscape, whether he intends to or not. He refuses…

Over the weekend, Michael Schmidt and Maggie Haberman published a remarkable story in the New York Times chronicling White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn’s substantial cooperation…

In an unprecedented move, the White House announced that President Donald Trump was revoking the security clearance of John Brennan, the CIA director in the Obama administration.…