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 Security1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeS 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 Security2d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticetrump 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 Security6d agoWhole story →GovernmentPlanetvenezuela 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 Security7d agoWhole story →GovernmentJustice2026 election security
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 Security13d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyai 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 Security16d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologynara 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 Security19d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyai election safeguards testing
