Good to Know: U.S. war powers Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024 Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
Did Biden have the authority to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen? Andrew Rudalevige - January 30, 2024 Let’s look at the Constitution, the War Powers Resolution, and what might authorize or constrain military action.
3 lessons from Russia’s cyberhack into U.S. agencies Jacquelyn Schneider and Erica D. Borghard - December 16, 2020 Cyberspying may be inevitable. Governments can prepare.
Does Trump need Congress’s approval to go to war with Iran? Andrew Rudalevige - January 4, 2020 That depends on whether Congress wants to try to stop him.
Barr blames lawyers for undermining the president’s power. Actually, they helped build it. Amanda Hollis-Brusky - November 18, 2019 Federalist Society lawyers are the architects in chief of the “imperial presidency.”
Attacking Syria wasn’t legal a year ago. It’s still not. Andrew Rudalevige - April 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72115" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. Navy sailors staff the Arleigh Burke-class
Trump’s missile attack on Syria might be satisfying. But it’s not legal. Andrew Rudalevige - April 7, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56578" align="aligncenter" width="960"] This image released on April 7
The U.S. wants to maintain cross-border data flows. That may be tough. Henry Farrell - June 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41553" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Visitors at the Google booth during
Yes, Amazon and eBay can ban sales of Confederate merchandise. Is that good or bad? Henry Farrell - June 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26443" align="aligncenter" width="296"] Retailers move to remove Confederate merchandise
The hack on the U.S. government was not a 'cyber Pearl Harbor' (but it was a very big deal) Henry Farrell - June 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26050" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)[/caption] The U.S. government has