No Emergency Exception: The Ban on Troops at the Polls Was Built for CrisesSection 592 unmistakably conveys Congress’s intent to bar any kind of military interference in American elections.Just Security2d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticemid term elections
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 Security3d 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 Security4d 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 Security8d 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 Security9d 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 Security15d 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 Security18d 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 Security21d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentai election safeguards testing
