Politics

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

Strategic angle: A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions. The post Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions appeared first on Just Securit

editorial-staff Apr 6

Collection: Iran, Israel and the United States at War (2025-2026 Operations)

Strategic angle: Experts analyze the US-Israel Iran military conflicts - covering nuclear diplomacy; strategic, security, and regional implications; and domestic and international law. The post Collection: Iran, Israel and the United Sta

editorial-staff Apr 6

How Good is Our Intelligence on Iran?

Strategic angle: Former senior CIA and head of Interfor Academy assess the potential intelligence failures in U.S. preparation for Iran war. The post How Good is Our Intelligence on Iran? appeared first on Just Security.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Mar. 30-Apr. 3, 2026)

Strategic angle: U.S.-Israel-Iran War • Lebanon • Israel / Death Penalty • Russia-Ukraine War • Series: Syria in Transition • Department of Homeland Security • Emerging Technologies • FISA Section 702 • United States / Arctic • Gender an

editorial-staff Apr 4

Briefing: The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

Strategic angle: Legal intern Raj Gambhir argues that the Trump administration's flight restriction undermines First Amendment rights.

Briefing: Supreme Court issues statement that Justice Alito was hospitalized approximately two weeks ago

Strategic angle: Justice Samuel Alito was hospitalized on March 20 out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of his security detail.

Briefing: Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don’t Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

Strategic angle: Concerns rise over government procurement practices impacting AI ethics and safety.

Briefing: What oral argument told us in the birthright citizenship case

Strategic angle: Insights from the Supreme Court's oral arguments on birthright citizenship.

Briefing: Double Shot of Privacy's Defender in D.C.

Strategic angle: Join EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn as she navigates the privacy battles that have shaped the internet.

Briefing: The inscrutable Chief Justice John Roberts

Strategic angle: Chief Justice John Roberts addresses personal attacks in rare public remarks.

Global Governance of Emerging Technologies: Counterterrorism Challenges at the United Nations Security Council

Strategic angle: How the UN Security Council governs emerging technologies amid rising terrorist threats, balancing innovation, security, and human rights. The post Global Governance of Emerging Technologies: Counterterrorism Challenges

The Unconstitutionality of the Trump Administration’s New Executive Order on Elections

Strategic angle: The Trump administration's executive order on mail-in voting is unconstitutional. States and Congress—not the President—have authority to regulate federal elections. The post The Unconstitutionality of the Trump Administ

Briefing: SCOTUStoday for Friday, April 3

Strategic angle: Comedian John Mulaney appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” earlier this week and gave a shoutout to SCOTUSblog as he described being a “Supreme Court argument nerd.”

Weakening Speech Protections Will Punish All of Us—Not Just Meta

Strategic angle: Recently, a California Superior Court jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a user through some of the features they offered. And a New Mexico jury concluded that Meta deceived young users into thinking its platforms w

Briefing: A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed

Strategic angle: Copyright law is supposed to encourage creativity. Too often, it’s used to extract payouts from others.

Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1

Strategic angle: This is the first post in a series on 3D print blocking, for the next entry check out Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2 When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a dis

Briefing: Court appears sympathetic to death-row inmate’s attempt to challenge racial discrimination in jury selection

Strategic angle: The Supreme Court shows support for a Mississippi man contesting racial bias in jury selection.

Google and Amazon: Acknowledged Risks, and Ignored Responsibilities

Strategic angle: In late 2024, we urged Google and Amazon to honor their human rights commitments, to be more transparent with the public, and to take meaningful action to address the risks posed by Project Nimbus, their cloud computing

The Supreme Court of India

Strategic angle: Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. In our previous columns, we focused […] The post The Supreme Court of I