The legal answer depends on what the government is actually demanding—and the statute's ambiguities cut both ways.

After his loss at the Supreme Court, President Trump turned to other statutes to recreate his tariffs. Will they fare any better in court? 

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Age assurance legislation has stumbled amid breaches and backlash. Congress now has a chance to break this pattern. Here’s how.

The Supreme Court’s decision thwarts President Trump’s attempt to enlist his emergency powers to levy taxes not otherwise permitted by law.

“The government’s understaffing and high case load is a problem of its own making,” a federal judge observed.

A historic exit from the climate framework exposes the legal gray zone governing treaty withdrawal and reentry.

Where did the unifying leaders of the transnational extremist movement go?

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Ten questions that will condition the next several months of American life.

The Pentagon's threat to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk" over its AI use restrictions is extreme—but the deeper problem is that the rules for military AI are being set through ad hoc haggling i...

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

Meaningful judicial scrutiny of national security claims is important for the rule of law, democratic legitimacy, and America’s strength at home and abroad.

Legal disputes over domestic military deployments don’t stay domestic—they degrade the alliance predictability NATO depends on.