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Das Acevedo on the unwritten rules of tenure

Nevitt on US plans to board Iran-linked ships

Lawrence: Constitution’s forgotten term limit on military power

Nevitt: The Constitution’s forgotten term limit on military power

Nevitt on how US Navy will enforce blockade of Iran’s ports

Nevitt on international law before Iran War

Strong: Trump’s narcissistic tendencies raise alarm about war

Nevitt: Blockade is wartime action, not a law enforcement action

Nevitt: Until Iran removes mines, the Strait of Hormuz is closed

Nevitt: Iran’s unlawful mining and the US port blockade

Blank: Trump rhetoric is alarming from moral, legal perspectives

Nevitt: Continuing crisis in Strait of Hormuz

Barth on evolving workplace accommodations related to AI

Das Acevedo: Academia’s troubling new MO

Zdeb: Anti-stonewalling playbook for congressional investigations

Acevedo provides updates in Trump’s birthright citizenship case

Nash unpacks Court proceedings in birthright citizenship case

Fagundes on creating and updating your estate plan

Nevitt on Trump’s pipeline order in California

Ajunwa on the ethics of AI workplace surveillance

Blank: Hegseth’s ‘No Quarter’ comments against honor, good faith

Ajunwa: Forcing employees to adopt tools usually backfires

Nevitt on US’ wartime rules of engagement

Blank on Iranian school bombing: “clearly a significant failure”

Blank: Geneva Conventions also apply to submarines

Nevitt: US duty to rescue shipwrecked under Geneva Conventions

Acevedo on whether school shooters’ parents should be prosecuted

Sag on how AI may change copyright law

Acevedo explains Colin Gray verdict

Das Acevedo: We haven’t seen the end of “fire first, ask later”

Acevedo discusses Colin Gray verdict

Blank on the president’s power to declare war

Lawrence on how Trump withholds money after 198 lawsuits

Carter: How federal changes impact child welfare funds

Ajunwa on using AI to cut government benefit fraud

Das Acevedo on labor contracts in higher ed

Volokh: President not granted power to tax

Volokh: Supreme Court reining in presidential power

Zdeb: Trump admin. undermined public confidence in judiciary

Das Acevedo on paid protesting

Goldstein on possible impact of environment protections rollbacks

Levine: Apalachee school shooting trial could set new precedent

Carter: Lost motion exposes problems in how GA punishes youths

Das Acevedo on whether academic tenure needs a new defense

Das Acevedo: Fallacy to assume tenure encourages lazy academics

Das Acevedo discusses her book The War on Tenure

Volokh on whether employers applying DEI violate antitrust law

Broyde: Lawyer’s religion rarely interferes with legal obligation

Barth named expert with AI and Faith

Das Acevedo shares authors insights on academic tenure

Levine on whether judge in Baker murder trial should be recused

Nevitt: A court challenge likely if Trump uses Insurrection Act

Nevitt: Immigration assignments taking JAGs from military justice

Blank on how US case against Maduro may take shape

Blank: Trump’s Latin American policies may violate law

Nevitt: US lacks legal authority to board Russian-flagged vessels

Nevitt on the legal basis for blockades and seizures

Blank explains complexity of Trump’s actions in Venezuela

Blank on Trump’s actions in Venezuela

Blank: Trump’s Venezuelan attacks violate UN charter

Nevitt: “No legal basis” to enter Venezuela without treaty

Nash: Supreme Ct playing big role in determining executive power

Acevedo on Meredith Emerson Memorial Privacy Act

Marcovitch: Trump administration can upturn life for US attorneys

Nevitt: Trump trying to assert wartime legal tool with blockade

Acevedo on what’s next after Fulton DA Fani Willis’ testimony

Church on what constitutes emergency in child removal cases

Nevitt on international law and boarding foreign vessels

Nevitt on the law targeting shipwrecked drug traffickers

Blank explains international rules of war in boat strikes

Price on whether stripping dual citizenship is constitutional

Das Acevedo: Is any professor safe from being fired anymore?

Das Acevedo’s book on Forbes’ list of 2025 best higher ed books

Acevedo unpacks latest in Georgia’s election interference case

Jennings explains case involving an indicted tech firm CTO

Levine on whether Comey and James may face new charges

Volokh: Colleges must reject Trump ‘compact’ to protect democracy

Nevitt on how leaf blowers impact climate change and public health

Nevitt: Trump’s use of military lawyers is unprecedented

Sag discusses legal strategy in OpenAI’s copyright suit

Levine explains what new prosector means for GA election case

Sag: Generative AI useful tool for those who know the law

Simon: Purdue Pharma plaintiffs are frustrated, disappointed

Volokh: Forest Park’s noise provisions are free speech violation

Lawrence: SNAP rulings a “game of ping pong” for people watching pantries

Nevitt: Vietnam War isn’t over for my father

Nash: Trump tariffs have other implications for presidential power

Nash discusses whether Trump tariffs are legal

Lawrence on how the White House is undercutting public health

Lawrence discusses how Trump may respond to court decisions on SNAP

Lawrence on how Trump may respond to court rulings on SNAP

Lawrence: ‘Legal questions are unanswered’ in US government shutdown

Satz: When it comes to medical privacy, injured workers have it worse than prisoners

Jacobi: What should publishers do when AI training issues reach the high court?

Lawrence: ‘Congress’s watchdog faces an impossible choice’

Nevitt on presidential authority to federalize National Guard

Nevitt: ‘You can’t just wish climate change away’

Nevitt: Int'l criminal prosecution ‘highly unlikely’ in attacks

Lawrence on $130M anonymous gift to pay troops