The President may be able to deploy soldiers domestically. But the law still sets real limits what he can do with them.

Presidents have extensive power to deploy the military to assist with immigration enforcement, even without a declaration of national emergency.

Translating principles into technology and regulation

Merrick Garland is the new Jim Comey.

Congress can’t keep up with Silicon Valley—but unionized tech workers can.

Websites, faced with the complexity of applying sanctions to digital services, voluntarily restrict risky countries from their platforms. 

The deal exacerbates the threat to Australia without committing the United States to containing China.

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Another Trump presidency, another FBI director firing

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

Under extraordinary pressures and uncertainties, the process was not likely to deliver what many expected or hoped for.

Will the Senate even get to vote on Trump’s bizarre national security nominees?