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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.

No, Trump Can’t Withhold Anti-Terrorism Funds to Pressure States to Change Their Election Rules

The attempt to condition states' counterterrorism funding on changes to election rules is unlawful and likely to be challenged in court.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks behind a Department of Justice podium during a press conference announcing the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center. A poster displayed beside him lists alleged fund transfers totaling more than $3 million.

If Federal Courts Don’t Trust Trump’s DOJ, Should Civil Rights Funders?

After suspending donations to SPLC, major charitable giving platforms must question whether it is prudent to defer to a DOJ that courts no longer trust.
A banner featuring US President Donald Trump hangs on the outside of the Department of Justice headquarters ahead of a press conference with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing annual healthcare fraud takedown results in Washington, DC on June 23, 2026.

Trust, But Verify: Three Grand Jury Reforms to Hold the Government Accountable

Steps should be taken to strengthen grand juries by giving courts and defense counsel more tools to act as a much-needed check on prosecutors.
This photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including LLMs, chatbots and generative AI, with logos (from L) of Proton AG's Lumo, Meta AI, Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat), xAI's Grok, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, Perplexity, Deepseek, OpenAI's Chat GPT, Google's Notebook LLM and generative AI music app Suno, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on July 15, 2026.

AI and the Commercial Data Loophole

The Pentagon’s new deals to deploy commercial LLMs on its classified networks provide it with a powerful surveillance capability that could be turned on Americans.
Front of building with columns and the words "United States Courthouse"

“Zero Evidence”: How Judges and Grand Juries Have Rejected Trump Administration Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute

A detailed record of federal courts and grand juries rejecting the Trump administration’s use of subpoenas, search warrants, and indictments.
The exterior of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on March 28, 2026.

The State Department’s Campaign Against the ICC Rests on a Misunderstanding of How the Court Actually Works

While the ICC does have real problems, the State Department's campaign against it is premised on a misapprehension of how the Court works.
The first order of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, issued by its Chief Judge Joan Ericksen, on July 16, 2026.

The Alien Terrorist Removal Court’s First Case

Unpacking the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, what we know about its first case, and what to watch for going forward.
A masked federal agent dressed in a tan, long-sleeved shirt, dark pants and a dark bullet-proof vest walks through a hallway in front of a wall covered with what appears to be a long blackboard with the words "Immigration Court" in large capital letters across the top and miscellaneous notices posted on the board below.

Key Trump Deportation Strategies: Removing, Replacing, and Pressuring Immigration Judges

New data shows how mass firings, loyalist replacements, and pressure tactics are turning U.S. immigration courts into a deportation enforcement arm.

How Congress Can End Trump’s Iran War and Prevent the Next One

By defying Congress's vote on the Iran war, Trump has again disregarded constitutional limits on war-making, underscoring the need for firmer congressional action.
A voter marks a ballot at a standing booth labeled "Booth 6" with an American flag "VOTE" sign, while poll workers in masks and face shields sit at a check-in table in the foreground and another voter uses a booth in the background.

An Initial Readout of Trump’s Election-Interference Speech

An intelligence official on what the declassified material shows—and does not show—about foreign threats and the president’s allegation of an intelligence community cover-up.
The building of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2019. (Photo by OSeveno via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license)

In Context: Analyzing Secretary Rubio’s International Criminal Court Op-Ed

International law scholars address some of the factual claims and underlying assumptions in Secretary Marco Rubio's op-ed on dismantling the International Criminal Court.
The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol Building on July 8, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Justice Gorsuch’s Slaughter Opinion is a Direct Threat to Congress

In light of recent Supreme Court rulings, Congress should act now to assert the full extent of its authority over the federal bureaucracy.
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