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For Just Security, Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane explain the implications of the War Powers Resolution for U.S. involvement in Latin America, and outline tools for Congress.

January 12th, 2026|

The Reiss Center’s War Powers Resolution Reporting Project, a living database of presidential use of force reports, is cited in a National Constitution Center piece on the War Powers Resolution as it applies to military actions taken in Venezuela.

January 12th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman lays out a chronology and current policies concerning use of force and moving vehicles at the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and the Department of Justice.

January 12th, 2026|

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber rejoins the Strict Scrutiny podcast to discuss the domestic and international legal concerns surrounding Operation Absolute Resolve.

January 8th, 2026|

The American Association of Law Schools (AALS) honors Non-Resident Senior Fellow Catherine Powell at its gathering this year with the Clyde Ferguson Award, granted to an outstanding law teacher for excellence in the areas of public service, teaching, and scholarship. 

January 8th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, together with Brian Egan in an expert backgrounder for Just Security, argue the president did not have authority under U.S. law to undertake Operation Absolute Resolve without congressional authorization. 

January 7th, 2026|

In a new Project Syndicate opinion piece, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes assesses the Trump administration’s justifications for the U.S. operation to capture Maduro, and the likely fallout.

January 7th, 2026|

For The New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellows Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane weigh in on the legal questions surrounding President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela.

January 7th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, with Michael Schmitt, provide an explainer for the international and domestic law questions surrounding Operation Absolute Resolve.

January 7th, 2026|

For the Washington Post, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber unpack the Trump administration’s reinterpreted definition of “designated terrorist organization” and the reasonable certainty standard in the lethal strikes campaign against alleged narcotics traffickers. 

December 19th, 2025|