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In the Media

Writing in Just Security, Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt examines the Trump administration’s contradictory messaging on the status of its multiple armed conflicts and offers an explainer on when war legally begins and ends.

May 20th, 2026|

In his new book Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann explores the problem of the nation’s systemic vulnerability to political lies, and poses a path forward through reforms to the law.

May 20th, 2026|

Senior Fellow Tess Bridgeman joins Mary McCord in conversation, with Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, for the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Lecture on Constitutional History and Law on “Power Without Impunity: War Crimes and Illegal Orders” at the New York Historical.

May 11th, 2026|

In Max Boot’s latest Washington Post opinion piece—which cites a Just Security timeline of boat strikes regularly updated by Reiss Center Student Scholars—Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on the legal implications of Operation Southern Spear.

May 5th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann joins Joyce Vance on her Civil Discourse podcast to discuss his new book, Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, available May 19.

April 18th, 2026|

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Beth George is selected for Lawdragon’s 2026 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers Guide, which recognizes world leaders in privacy, data security, and cyber law matters.

April 13th, 2026|

For TIME Magazine, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman is interviewed alongside Oona Hathaway, Harold Koh, and Tom Dannenbaum on whether President Trump’s threatened strikes in Iran would constitute war crimes in the Iran conflict.

April 9th, 2026|

For the New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on the Trump administration’s rhetoric on destroying critical infrastructure supporting civilian life in Iran.

April 9th, 2026|

Joining CBS News, Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman warns of the coerciveness and “flat illegality” of President Trump’s threatened targeting of Iranian electrical generating plants, which power schools, hospitals, and water sanitation facilities for the Iranian civilian population.

April 9th, 2026|

Senior Fellows Tess Bridgeman and Brian Finucane examine the Trump administration’s legal theories behind its continued war in Iran and propose opportunities for Congressional action.

April 5th, 2026|