On Feb. 15, President Trump took a number of legal steps, including declaring a national emergency and invoking emergency authorities, in connection with his efforts to construct a wall on the southern border. There are important senses in which Trump’s actions are a big deal, and...

Mindful that there is a lot of ink being spilled on the president's formal declaration of a national emergency, I am going to keep this analysis very brief, focusing on two things: first, the role that judicial deference will play in looming litigation, and second, the hints in the...

At the Munich Security Conference today, a group of former world leaders released a Declaration of Principles aimed at reaffirming shared democratic principles and a rules-based order in response to the rising tide of authoritarianism and anti-democratic trends in many countries.  The Declaration for Freedom, Prosperity, and...

The special counsel's office has filed a sentencing memo in the Paul Manafort case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The document is available here and below.   Gov Uscourts Vaed 383106 314 0 (PDF)Gov Uscourts Vaed 383106 314 0 (Text) ...