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In February, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. We reviewed several of Jackson’s opinions to see what they might reveal about her views on issues relevant to...
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In many respects, the U.S. has never been closer to imposing equal draft registration requirements on both men and women than it was in 2021.
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Because Donald Trump had the good fortune of avoiding a major foreign-policy crisis during his four years in office, the United States never experienced the worst-case scenario of a Trump presidency.
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The Supreme Court unanimously held that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not displace the state secrets privilege.
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The court decided that the federal government could invoke the state secrets privilege to block two CIA contractors from testifying about a Guantanamo detainee’s treatment at a CIA black site.
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In late 2021, Congress reformed the military justice system in a way that materially alters the traditional division of prosecutorial responsibility between nonlawyer military commanders and uniformed la...
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What are available mechanisms for accountability against a president who violates these rules?
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The Torres decision will not only determine if protections are available to hundreds of thousands of veterans against employment discrimination but also could have broader ramifications for the war power...
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With the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021, President Biden signed into law substantial constraints on ad hoc diplomatic appointments. Here’s an explainer on the new law’s background and key ...
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Prior to the order, there was no charge for sexual harassment under military law; instead, it was prosecuted under various sections of the UCMJ.
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The Biden administration’s new strategy to combat corruption defines it as a national security risk to the economy and to democracy itself. But it is unclear how effective this plan will be against the b...
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On this day in 1918, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a national draft. That ruling illustrates how military powers in the Constitution have continuously adapted throughout A...
