Tag: Executive Branch
Can CBP Restore Its Reputation for Transparency?
Over the past several years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stood at the forefront of federal law-enforcement transparency and accountability. At a time...
The Trump Administration’s Cuts to International Judicial Work
Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has spearheaded an “America First” foreign policy, which has involved unprecedented cuts to foreign aid. Among...
The White House’s New Fraud Section: Key Questions
Earlier this month, Vice President J.D. Vance publicly announced that the Trump administration intends to create a new Assistant Attorney General (AAG) position and...
Trump’s New Year Foreign Policy: A Mix of Bold, Bad, Constructive
In the first days of 2026, President Donald J. Trump launched a raid that captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and asserted that the United...
The Epstein Files and the Seven Member Rule
With passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, the American public received a crash course on an archaic congressional mechanism known as the discharge...
The International Law Obligation to Investigate the Boat Strikes
Operation Southern Spear, the U.S. campaign involving attacks on boats allegedly trafficking drugs from Venezuela, has so far killed 87 individuals. International law experts...
Trump Administration and Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture
(Editor’s Note: This article, originally published May 2, 2025, is updated periodically to add recent developments in the interactive graphic, marked as “NEW,” and...
Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
The following timeline chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern...
How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
President Trump has co-opted Congress’s power of the purse by privately raising hundreds of billions of dollars from corporations and foreign governments outside the...
Examining the Remarkable Rise of Ultra Vires Claims Against the Executive Branch – Climate Law Blog
Since 2016, presidents and their administrations have increasingly drawn lawsuits arguing that they are overstepping their...
