In the Media

In the Media

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Christopher Fonzone evaluates how an OLC opinion declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional reflects a departure from precedent and best practices of executive branch lawyering, “effectively freeing Executive Branch officials to destroy presidential records.”

April 15th, 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|

“Whether the bridge was a lawful military objective would depend on the facts,” Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane tells the New York Times following a lethal U.S. attack on a highway bridge near Tehran.

April 3rd, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman examines the possibility that warrantless queries into Americans’ communications under FISA Section 702 could enable abusive electronic surveillance in the context of the Trump administration’s designation of “antifa” as a terrorist threat.

April 2nd, 2026|

For a New York Times op-ed, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on the international humanitarian law implications of President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. may destroy Iran’s electricity-generating stations and water-purifying plants should the Strait of Hormuz remain blockaded.

April 1st, 2026|

As part of the Bipartisan American Election Project, Faculty Co-Director Bob Bauer co-submits amicus briefs in two lawsuits brought over the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain state voter rolls, POLITICO reports.

March 25th, 2026|

Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, together with Michael Schmitt, offer an expert Just Security backgrounder concerning the possible application of the law of armed conflict to hostilities in the U.S.’ attacks on Iran.

March 24th, 2026|

As the sunset of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act approaches, Faculty Co-Directors Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann offer a primer in Just Security on questions Congress should pose of the Executive Branch as it contemplates renewal of this important and contested authority.

March 24th, 2026|

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