Rule of Law

An expert explainer by leading expert on the domestic deployment of the U.S. military.

Using amnesties, trials, and “parole boards” for detainees in northeast Syria would be consistent with the requirements of international law.

Tracking the most important breaking election cases across the country with implications for the democratic process.

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.

U.S. Congress should support the Transnational Repression Reporting Act to make clear that cross-border authoritarian repression will not be tolerated in the United States.

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.

U.S. democracy appears so strong as to be unbreakable. But the billionaire class is its weakest point: small, concentrated, and all too often uninterested in following the rules…

Recent changes to this Defense Department directive do not reflect any change in policy and provide no new authority to deploy the military domestically or to use lethal force…

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.

While the rule of law recession persists, the 2024 data show progress on some issues and some countries stepping back from the brink of autocracy.

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.

Cross-partisan movements that defeated far-right autocrats in Brazil and Poland demonstrate that crucial groups can propel democratic success.