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A former U.S. president can be investigated, indicted and — if a court issues lawful warrants — arrested as a private citizen; the Constitution does not grant continuing immunity for unofficial acts a...
Documented reporting shows multiple U.S. strikes on boats since early September 2025 that the government says were drug-smuggling vessels; journalists and rights groups report civilian deaths and at l...
No former U.S. President had been criminally charged until the indictment of Donald Trump, which multiple analyses identify as the first time a former president faced such charges; prior presidents en...
argued that was playing a limited, supporting role inside a -commanded operation in and therefore did not require a new statutory declaration of war or fresh congressional authorization, relying on th...
’s 1827 decision in has long been read to grant the President conclusive authority to decide when exigent conditions justify calling forth the militia, a holding that courts and advocates cite to argu...
A president can, under the Insurrection Act, federalize and deploy U.S. military forces inside a state—even over the objections of state officials—but only under statutorily defined circumstances and ...
The Biden administration has layered new procedural constraints and transparency gestures onto established legal rationales for counterterrorism strikes, tightening presidential oversight for strikes ...
Yes — in theory a former U.S. president can be prosecuted for conduct that violates the Geneva Conventions, because the Conventions bind the United States and U.S. law implements war‑crimes obligation...
The Constitution vests the power to declare war in Congress, not the President, but practice and statute have created wide room for presidents to initiate military actions without an explicit formal d...
Ordering destruction of vessels in international waters carries real risks of civilian deaths — reporting ties U.S. strikes to at least 76–87 killed in recent operations and specific counts of 83 in s...
Former President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly highlighted White House autopen use during and after Joe Biden’s term, and Trump himself has acknowledged using an autopen for “very unimportant...
Treaties and foreign laws shape practical rights and risks for U.S. dual nationals but do not automatically override constitutional protections that U.S. citizenship enjoys under Supreme Court precede...
Public reporting shows that autopens have been used by multiple presidents and that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has previously said autopen signatures can be legally valid for pre...
The Constitution assigns core war powers to both branches: Article I gives Congress the power to declare war and to raise and fund armies, while Article II names the President Commander‑in‑Chief, crea...