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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Will Trump Take the Win at NATO’s Ankara Summit?
It is an open question whether the Trump administration seeks to rebalance NATO or disengage the U.S. from European security.

As American as International Law
A Fourth of July barbecue demonstrates how international law shapes daily life, from weather forecasts to global trade, and where that architecture is under strain.

How Defending Free Speech Can Unite Unlikely Allies
The Trump administration's threats to First Amendment rights have inspired a broad front defending free speech, freedom of the press, protest rights and more.

How Congress Can Regulate Military Promotions After Trump v. Slaughter
To restore transparency and accountability, Congress should reform the statutory authorities to remove officers from promotion lists and delay promotions.

U.S. Export Control Unpredictability Is Testing the Limits of U.S.-India Tech Cooperation
The U.S. shift away from a rules-based export regime amid a race for AI leadership is causing India to hedge against a heavy reliance on American technology.

Combat Experience as a Strategic Resource: Lessons of the Red Army Purges
Implications of Pete Hegseth's forcing out over two dozen senior U.S. military officers, collectively totaling over 900 years of military experience.

Abandoning Principles: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v. Al Otro Lado Denying Asylum to Arriving Migrants
How the Roberts Court interpreted a simple statutory phrase to give the executive branch license to undercut asylum protections at the U.S. border.

Sanitized and Unreviewable: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v Doe on Ending Temporary Protected Status for 1.3m Noncitizens
Leading immigration expert unpacks the Supreme Court's ruling on temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian residents in U.S.

U.S., U.K. Won’t Stop UAE’s Support to Sudan’s RSF by Tiptoeing Around It
Governments and the private sector need to find the courage to apply reputational pressure on the UAE for supporting a force the U.S. cites for genocide in Sudan.

A Dangerous Legal Loophole: Consent is Not Enough for U.S. Military Activities in Latin America
States should not be able to consent to others using force that they cannot use themselves, and intervening states should not blindly rely on host state consent.

When Warning Loses to Permission: Iran, Trump, and the Misapplied Label of “Intelligence Failure”
The failure point, at each stage, was not the intelligence community's analysis. It was the president’s decision-making.