Without clear definitions, commanders risk issuing unlawful orders, and troops risk obeying them.

From extraterritorial arrest to head-of-state immunity, his case will test long-standing doctrines.

Recent U.S. actions in Venezuela underscore the president’s broad authority to use military force. But threats of a “second wave” may still run up against its limits.

Judge Paula Xinis’s opinion last month in the Abrego Garcia case is worth a deeper read.

A dispatch from the Jan. 5 hearing in the Southern District of New York.

The court’s ruling about who can oversee an obstruction of justice investigation into military officials has broad rule-of-law implications.

Jim Jordan v. Jack Smith

A review of Jacob Kushner, “Look Away: A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants,” (Hachette, 2024).

President Trump’s WMD designation could have major implications for civil-military relations and asset forfeiture, if courts agree.