National Security

On the legal basis behind the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani: "We've seen the executive branch make gradually broader and broader assertions of authority to use military force, not necessarily in ways that are clearly prohibited by the text, but in ways that many people find stretch their meaning or least push into new terrain."

"Over the last several decades, we've seen several presidential administrations assert slightly growing [claims] of executive power and the ability to use military force in a variety of circumstances."