Quick thoughts on the legal questions implicated by the recent ads aggrandizing President Trump

Any consequences will likely depend on Congress

It includes both banning news organizations from the White House and casting aside limits on the Attorney General and other senior officials’ partisan political advocacy

Why a 50-millisecond jump on the president’s posts may implicate insider trading laws

Quick thoughts from Bob on last night’s emergency order

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

Quick thoughts on Missouri, Wyoming, and a recent amicus from 38 election officials.

There will likely be more, and the Supreme Court faces critical choices.

How to prepare for a world where biological weapons can be designed with “a laptop and an AI account”

The government tries to have it both ways

The question was abstract, the answer foreordained—and neither Congress nor the courts will pay attention to it.

State criminal laws could constrain federal interference in the 2026 elections

It does not protect against conflicts but in effect blesses them

From the assent of Congress to "a war council of one"

The attacks on the media could escalate.

Law v. norms, once more

His role in the Trump attack on the midterms looms large in Blanche’s confirmation hearings.

Why immunity and the pardon power might not protect him

The vindication of its authority is remarkable

Bipartisan, independent civil enforcement was already collapsing, but formal presidential control will end it—and a weaponized DOJ may fill the vacuum.

After today’s damning court decision in the Minnesota case, more on the high stakes of the Blanche nomination

Trump has taken the “one person decides” principle to new extremes

The Senate’s responsibility far exceeds the questions about this particular nominee

Sarah Isgur on the Supreme Court and Executive Power

Both parties have a stake in reform, even if only so much can be done.

A paid full-time executive editor position starting this July

The Iran war is a new low in the deterioration of Congress’s check on presidential war

On its current course, it cannot end well.

Last week’s votes should not be the only lines Congress attempts to draw

Preventing retaliatory threats at home

We can’t know for sure, but he ended in a worse place than before

In a conflict with the courts over the midterm elections, it is a mistake to assume that Trump would eventually stand down.

A massive defeat for the president and an extraordinary affirmation of the Supreme Court's power.

It did the right thing, but Trump’s targeting of members of Congress should prompt legal reform.

The judiciary, including the Supreme Court, is standing up to the president

DOJ may be retreating from long-standing internal constraints on federal government intervention in elections.

DOJ may be retreating from long-standing internal constraints on federal government intervention in elections.

There are good reasons for the question, and Congress should press now for the answer

He rightly judges the political costs to be manageable, but this could change.