Reiss Center on Law and Security

Book Talk: The Double Black Box

Book Talk: The Double Black Box

A book talk on artificial intelligence and national security with Ashley Deeks, in conversation with Beth George '10

All the President's Power: What's Left of Checks and Balances?

All the President's Power: What's Left of Checks and Balances?

We were delighted to co-host the NYU Law Forum on October 22.

Murder on the High Seas Part II: What We Know about U.S. Vessel Strikes One Month In

Murder on the High Seas Part II: What We Know about U.S. Vessel Strikes One Month In

We co-hosted The Just Security Podcast to break down the legal theories behind the U.S. military's lethal boat strikes.

War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

Check out our original research on the War Powers Resolution.

In the News

In a New York Times op-ed, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissman and Mary McCord argue that the Supreme Court decision in Trump v. United States unleashed rather than prevented weaponized prosecutions against perceived political enemies.

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman sits down with The Bulwark to explain the precedent set as the War Powers Resolution 60-day deadline passes for Congressional authorization of the Trump administration’s lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

As the War Powers Resolution “60-day clock” expires, for Just Security, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane dissects the significance of the interpretation of “hostilities” in reported Trump administration legal argument that the WPR statutory framework does not apply to ongoing U.S. maritime strikes.