War Powers

With security cooperation as a means of pursuing U.S. military objectives becoming more frequent, Department of Defense-led security cooperation, particularly under §§ 333, 127e,…

The Biden administration's latest war powers report to Congress and letter to the UN Security Council raise questions about the domestic and international legal basis for hostilities…

A note from co-editors-in-chief Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman: Although Just Security is on hiatus this week, we wanted to be sure to examine and reflect on the U.S. airstrike…

The Texas governor has invoked war powers to respond to migrant arrivals at the border - potentially usurping federal prerogatives.

Top expert discusses whether arms and other military assistance to Ukraine would make US party to the conflict, what triggers War Powers Resolution, and role of NATO Article V.

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.

The legal opinions' fundamental error: distorting accepted legal framework to fit inapposite facts. Still on the book, the opinions remain a loaded weapon for another president…

How prior administrations failed to tell Congress about special forces engaged in combat operations in Cameroon, Niger, Somalia, Tunisia, and what it means for War Powers and AUMF…

We owe it to the next generation to grapple now with the consequences of remaining at war -- as well as the consequences of choosing not to be -- lest we find ourselves reflexively…

As the conflict has grown and changed, responsibility for these changes has too often been thrust on the shoulders of executive lawyers.

Former State Department lawyer who knows all the ins and outs of authorizations for use of military force offers up questions for Congress to ask witnesses on Tuesday.

The bipartisan National Security Powers Act is a bold set of necessary and mutually reinforcing war powers reforms that would finally reset the balance of power between the political…