It's hard to imagine a legal topic further afield from national security law than the Origination Clause.

When President Trump first tweeted his hint of “tapes,” he might have been just surrendering to his social media impulses. He did not have a lawyer at the time, or one he publicly admitted to having hir...

Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Order from Chaos.

On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined w...

On May 12, following the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, President Trump tweeted: James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! — ...

I’ve already written at some length about the flawed analytical foundations of Justice Kennedy’s opinion for a 4-2 majority in Ziglar v.

Last Thursday and Friday, the United States and Mexico co-hosted top officials from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and other countries for the "Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America....

This morning the House and Senate Intelligence Committees will hold overlapping hearings on Russian interference in our election, with a focus on threats and activities affecting our election infrastruct...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing today on a new Authorization to Use Military Force Against terrorist groups. Kathleen Hicks, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and...

United States Slides Deeper into Syrian Civil War

Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Ziglar v. Abbasi, an important case curbing lawsuits against former government officials for purported abuse of federal detainees. Some will view this decision as an ...

It seems almost absurd. The President tweets that he is being investigated, and then his lawyer goes on TV and says that he is not being investigated.

Congress may soon consider legislation reportedly being drafted by Senator Cornyn that could heighten scrutiny of Chinese investments in artificial intelligence and other sensitive emerging technologies ...

Our Founders were well aware of the dangers of foreign influence. In his presidential farewell address, George Washington cautioned that, “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . a free pe...

Early Sunday evening, a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 that had just completed a bombing run targeting US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Raqqa region. The e...

Many people are unaccustomed to thinking about Congress as a key player when it comes to foreign policy or international law outside of Congress’s few clearly established roles, such as providing advice ...