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The president's claim of an Article II 'inherent' commander-in-chief power to order military operations.
The legal and institutional barriers to a unilateral, nationwide martial law in the United States remain substantial: the Insurrection Act and related law limit a president’s capacity to federalize fo...
A U.S. president attempting to order a military invasion of a NATO ally’s territory would confront multiple, overlapping legal and political constraints: domestic constitutional checks—most notably Co...
The U.S. seizure of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, was carried out by the executive branch without clear prior congressional authorization and immediately prompted legal and political challeng...
The War Powers Resolution (WPR) was enacted to check unilateral presidential use of U.S. armed forces and requires the President to report uses of force and to terminate them after 60 days absent cong...
What would make it illegal for President Trump to seize Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro hinges on two overlapping legal regimes: international law governing the use of force and sovereignty, and U.S. domes...
The president claims several domestic legal authorities to order U.S. military operations abroad without prior congressional authorization: an Article II “inherent” commander‑in‑chief power, narrow se...