Writing for the New York Times in December 2015, Peter Spiro argued that candidate Trump’s proposed religious-based immigration ban—although reprehensible—may pass constitutional muster because of the co...

This post is an outline of a few thoughts (written quickly, so please read accordingly) on making national security arguments, following the government's oral argument made last evening in State of Washi...

On Thursday, February 2, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation to restri...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument today in Washington v. Trump, regarding the State of Washington's challenge to the president's executive order banning refugees and imm...

A little more than a week ago, Benjamin Wittes posted a piece about the malevolence and incompetence of Trump’s Executive Order on visas and refugees—an order that, in his words, is both wildly over-incl...

For conscientious commentators, one problem with having a loose cannon for a president is the rapidly thinning line between irresponsible speculation and legitimate analysis.

The United States and Australia have rarely disagreed on issues of strategy in the post-Cold War era. Generally, Australia reliably agrees with Washington’s assessment of threats and risks and supports A...

In its reply brief urging the Ninth Circuit to stay Judge James Robart’s temporary restraining order against President Trump’s Refugee Executive Order (EO), the Justice Department has tried to move the ...

On Friday, Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered Google to comply with search warrants for emails stored overseas.

Over the past two weeks, U.S.-Mexico relations deteriorated to their lowest point since perhaps the era of Pancho Villa.