Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.Just Security2d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentS 45trump dividend promise
The Trump DOJ's Backwards Model of Federal Civil Rights EnforcementThe Civil Rights Division regularly announces investigations or even conclusions with little to no evidence of fact-finding at all.Just Security3d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmenttrump doj civil rights enforcement
Can Congress and the Public Learn the Details of Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal?If the Trump administration declines to disclose the terms of the Venezuela oil deal, Congress has tools available to compel it to do so.Just Security7d agoWhole story →PlanetGovernmentvenezuela oil deal transparency
Boots Off Ballots: The LawFederal law and the Constitution are abundantly clear: efforts to involve troops in U.S. elections are anti-constitutional and illegal.Just Security8d agoWhole story →SecurityJustice2026 election security
Suncor v. Boulder: Why DeceptionAnalysis of what the outcome of Suncor v. Boulder will mean for climate cases that rely on deception to prove fossil fuel company liability.Just Security9d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomysuncor v boulder hearing
The Supreme Court’s Open-Weight AI Regulation GauntletA series of Supreme Court rulings have left the federal government with a narrow path to regulating open-weight AI models.Just Security14d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentai regulation debate
Federal Employees’ AI Prompts Are Records … in Narrow CircumstancesIf federal agencies fail to create records related to their AI interactions, they effectively insulate their decisionmaking from oversight.Just Security17d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentnara ai guidance release
The Second AI Election: Testing the Safeguards Before NovemberTests of six popular AI models show how easily their election safeguards can be bypassed, and what companies, lawmakers, and civil society should be before November.Just Security20d agoWhole story →SecurityTechnologyai election safeguards testing
