Clear rules are hard to apply but especially necessary in these polarized times.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit weighed the question during oral arguments in United States v. Mackey.

Join the Lawfare team for a discussion of the trials of Donald Trump

In both civil and criminal cases, presidents should generally receive qualified, not absolute, immunity for official acts.

The recent cybersecurity catastrophe that wasn’t reveals an untenable situation, one being exploited by malicious actors. 

A group with ties to the Ukrainian government is breaching the email accounts of Russian military officers, politicians, and civilians.

Interstate support for Texas’s border operations underscore states’ meaningful, but limited, independent authority to deploy military personnel for domestic operations.

Secure records can help prove that attacks by armed uncrewed vehicles were conducted under human control.

The U.S. must better balance its coercive economic security measures with constructive policies that underscore the benefits of new and sustainable forms of interdependence.

New data suggests that the public is broadly accepting of targeted facial recognition use even as it is concerned about casual facial surveillance becoming an everyday event.