Latest in Executive Branch
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The Real Legal Limits on Domestic Military Deployments
The President may be able to deploy soldiers domestically. But the law still sets real limits what he can do with them. -
How Can Trump Deploy the Military at the Southern Border?
Presidents have extensive power to deploy the military to assist with immigration enforcement, even without a declaration of national emergency. -
The Situation: In Defense of Merrick Garland
Merrick Garland is the new Jim Comey. -
Organized Labor Is Key to Governing Big Tech
Congress can’t keep up with Silicon Valley—but unionized tech workers can. -
ChinaTalk: Data Wars and the DOJ
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Lawfare Daily: President-elect Trump's National Security Appointments
What do Trump's appointments mean for his adminsitration? -
The Situation: Chris Wray, Dead Man Walking
Another Trump presidency, another FBI director firing -
Did the Legal Process Over the Last Four Years “Fail”?
Under extraordinary pressures and uncertainties, the process was not likely to deliver what many expected or hoped for. -
The Situation: Gaetz and Gabbard, Adjournment and Recess
Will the Senate even get to vote on Trump’s bizarre national security nominees? -
Lawfare Live: President-elect Trump's National Security Appointments
Join the Lawfare team for a discussion of Trump's Cabinet picks. -
Rational Security: The “Steven Spielberg Does Not Need a Free Drink" Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with Anna Bower, Eugenia Lostri, and Roger Parloff to discuss the week’s big national security news. -
Avoiding a Military-AI Complex
The National Security Memo on AI carries grave risk of entrenching power within a few AI companies and steering AI development toward militaristic ends.


