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In the Media

Contextualizing the latest strike in the Caribbean, Defense One’s “The D Brief” newsletter features Reiss Center Student Scholars Margaret Lin and Jeremy Chin’s Just Security timeline of recent U.S. military action against alleged narcotics traffickers. 

November 7th, 2025|

Reiss Center Student Scholars Margaret Lin and Jeremy Chin provide an essential Just Security timeline chronicling U.S. military strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, statements by administration officials, and related congressional actions. 

November 6th, 2025|

In a New York Times op-ed, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissman and Mary McCord argue that the Supreme Court decision in Trump v. United States unleashed rather than prevented weaponized prosecutions against perceived political enemies.

November 4th, 2025|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman sits down with The Bulwark to explain the precedent set as the War Powers Resolution 60-day deadline passes for Congressional authorization of the Trump administration’s lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

November 3rd, 2025|

As the War Powers Resolution “60-day clock” expires, for Just Security, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane dissects the significance of the interpretation of “hostilities” in reported Trump administration legal argument that the WPR statutory framework does not apply to ongoing U.S. maritime strikes.

November 3rd, 2025|

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber co-authors an explainer for Just Security about the statutory constraint imposed by the War Powers Resolution’s “60-day clock” for obtaining congressional authorization or terminating the use of armed forces.

November 3rd, 2025|

For CNN, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman weighs in on the missing legal requirements for the Trump Admin’s threatened action against Venezuela on land—including Congressional authorization.

October 31st, 2025|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman co-authors a piece in Just Security examining the Trump administration’s contradictory approaches in characterizing the status of Tren de Aragua, suggesting that its differing positions are irreconcilable  and complicate typical judicial deference to the executive’s determination.

October 29th, 2025|

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissman speaks with MSNBC’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki on former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s agreement to testify at the request of Congress and DOJ, on the condition that the hearings be made public.

October 27th, 2025|

As the U.S. deploys the world’s largest warship to the Caribbean Sea, the BBC quotes Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane on the role of Congress in the use of U.S. military force.

October 27th, 2025|