Trump’s Justice Department is aggressively using the civil disorder statute—which the department also used in Jan. 6 prosecutions—to go after protesters.

District court judges watch each other struggle with the Trump administration—and adapt.

Holding AI developers responsible for any harm their systems cause may not be the most effective path to promoting AI safety.

According to the vice president, it’s killing civilian drug traffickers.

In rejecting indictments that overcharge, grand juries are returning to their constitutional mission of preventing government overreach.

Copyright plaintiffs are squeezing enormous sums from AI companies. That's bad for the US and great for China. It's time for President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act and resolve the crisis.

And it’s a profoundly dangerous power for any president to have

It’s time for China’s approach to arms control to evolve. The United States can help.

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By applying the tools of war to civilians, the Trump administration is entering unprecedented—and deeply problematic—legal territory.

A review of Casey Dominguez, “Commander in Chief: Partisanship, Nationalism, and the Reconstruction of Congressional War Powers” (University Press of Kansas, 2024).

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