The history of the War Powers Resolution shows that tighter congressional checks on presidential use of force and strong alliance commitments may be irreconcilably in tension.

Biden promised to end the “blank checks” given to Egypt’s dictator under the Trump administration. That has not happened.

The Court ruled that a party must prove the defendant at least acted recklessly when he or she conveyed the threat to another.

Though still a possibility, it just got meaningfully less likely.

Insisting on similarity is a kind of lie to make Clinton’s conduct look worse than it was, to make Trump’s look more benign than it was, or both at the same time.

The shift to "over-the-horizon" operations has removed important building blocks in U.S. counterterrorism strategy.

The Biden administration has a plausible but not clinching argument for avoiding the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act if the agreement is unwritten.

Carnahan v. Maloney involves an obscure statute but could have broad implications for Congress's oversight efforts.