By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.

 A year after the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, an examination of faith and fidelity to nothing.

Remedying the risk of RKA to enterprises dependent on frontier AI.

A campaign of public retaliation and personal incentives has taught current and former public servants to stay silent.

Panic about a 'rogue clerk' is likely unwarranted—but it's worth paying attention.

AI governance and the remaking of an independent commission.

OLC’s recent opinion about the PCA is unmoored from statute and case law and has dangerous implications for domestic uses of the military. 

A bill to automatically fund the government in an appropriations lapse would end shutdowns—except the Two-Year Clause forbids funding the Army permanently.

A deal that disarms Hamas may not disarm Gaza.

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A review of Kevin Arlyck, “The Nation at Sea: The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789-1825” (Cambridge University Press, 2025).

It is a global model for its domestic, not international, legal origins. Future peace may be the real cost of de la Espriella’s attacks.

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

Judges face an unsatisfactory menu of AI options. A secure, judiciary-controlled sandbox for testing frontier models is the better path.