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Are Domestic Drone Shoot-Downs Lawful?

What authorities to immobilize drones do U.S. federal, state, and local officials currently have, and—assuming Americans want at least some of those actors to have that authority—where are the gaps?

Ashley Deeks

Democracy and Constitutional Balance: Congress and the Presidency

Sidney Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at the Miller Center, discusses the history and causes of the ever-expanding power of the presidency—and how it affects American democracy.

Sidney Milkis

The story of the executive order

What are the boundaries of this executive power?

Andrew Rudalevige

Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Trump Administration

Are President Trump's orders to shut down a federal agency and fire federal employees legal?

Andrew Rudalevige

Could Trump Force The IRS To Audit Your Tax Return?

Hughes expressed concerns that the Trump v. United States decision “removes a host of safeguards against corruption by declaring that former presidents are broadly immune from criminal prosecution for their official acts.” To him that means “if the president breaks the law by ordering an audit of a political adversary, or anyone he was mad at that day, he might be able to pass it off as an ‘official act’ and avoid criminal prosecution.”

Ken Hughes

‘Lawsuit bait’: Even if illegal, Trump executive orders could still lay the groundwork to upend legal precedent

President Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders in his first days in office, many of which experts say are legally dubious and could set the stage for legal fights to upend precedent.

Andrew Rudalevige