In the Media

In the Media

“Government that withholds equal standing from some of its members is not merely unjust; it forfeits the allegiance, participation, and productive energy through which political authority is consolidated and extended in practice,” writes Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes in a Project Syndicate commentary reflecting on the Declaration of Independence 250 years on.

June 17th, 2026|

Following the U.S. attack on a Tren de Aragua leader inside Venezuela, in Just Security, RCLS’s Tess Bridgeman, Michael Schmitt, Ryan Goodman, and Brian Finucane cover applicable bodies of law, possible Venezuelan involvement, and what we know about the administration’s claimed legal basis.

June 15th, 2026|

For the Washington Post, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane outlines questions of lawfulness and proportionality raised by U.S. attacks that allegedly destroyed vital Iranian infrastructure.

June 11th, 2026|

In his #1 New York Times bestseller 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.

June 11th, 2026|

In a “What’s Next” essay for the NYU Law Democracy Project, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber autopsies the decline of international law and the so-called “world order,” offering her take on how to rebuild a public constituency for the rule of law.

June 11th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann joins PBS and NPR’s KQED to discuss his case for stemming the effects of political deception and strengthening U.S. democratic institutions.

June 10th, 2026|

As the U.S. enforces a naval blockade on Iran against vessels flagged under states that are not a party to the conflict, Non-Resident Senior Fellows Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane explore the surfacing tensions between two bodies of applicable law.

June 3rd, 2026|

In Just Security, Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman offer an analysis of the law of armed conflict as applied to a reported Israeli campaign to kill or capture every individual involved in the October 7th massacre.

June 2nd, 2026|

In a New York Times op-ed, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann argues that in order to stop the Trump administration’s vindictive prosecutions, grand jury votes in favor of criminal charges must meet a higher factual standard than mere probable cause.

May 29th, 2026|

For the New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on reports that Guatemala has agreed to joint strikes with the U.S. against narcotics trafficking groups within its borders

May 28th, 2026|

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