Separation of powers

The administration's legal argument is both "incorrect and dangerous," writes Finucane.

Expert backgrounder on how War Powers Resolution works in application to U.S. military operations against suspected drug cartels.

Political pressures like those used to silence legal professionals and undermine rule of law in Europe and Eurasia echo patterns of the autocratic playbook.

The Trump administration’s “armed conflict” justification, however, is groundless.

The administration has turned consent decrees into a deregulatory weapon, and courts are beginning to confront the limits of that strategy.

Congress can take steps now to revise IEEPA & strengthen accountability & oversight when the executive branch leverages U.S. economic powers.

A deep dive into US domestic authority and law most relevant to the US strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat.

A recent court decision has made clear that reorganizing the federal government can't proceed through backdoor executive planning.

On the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders

The El Salvador 502B resolution risks falsely drawing distinctions about the applicability of human rights based on immigration status.

NSPM-4 creates a military area that is twice the size of Washington, D.C. and expands the military’s role in stopping cross-border migration.

A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.