U.S. Politics & Government

Divided we fall: Why consensus matters

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM EDT

A woman fills her ballot in a privacy booth while voting in the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

The abortion issue in the 2022 midterms—unlike any other issue

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Stock picture of a statue of 'Lady Justice' or Themis, the Greek God of Justice, outside the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

Revisiting Standing Doctrine: Recent Developments, Policy Concerns, and Possible Solutions

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Voting signs are displayed outside a polling site during a special election to fill the vacant 34th congressional district seat in Los Fresnos, Texas, U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas

Are Hispanics leaving the Democratic Party?

William A. Galston

Thursday, September 29, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Shutdown politics—understanding fiscal brinkmanship

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

A group works over blueprints

Building the analytic capacity to support critical technology strategy

Erica R.H. Fuchs

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Saint Julian's, Malta 20th, Sep. 2022 Cannabis plants growing at the residential apartment balcony is seen in Saint Julian's, Malta on 20 September 2022 On 14 Dec,2021, the Maltese parliament passed Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis bill. Under the new legislation the possession of up to seven grams of cannabis is completely decriminalised for adults aged 18 and over. It also allows them to cultivate up to four plants at home for personal use. (Photo by Vadim Pacajev / Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Congressional candidates’ silence on cannabis reform

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

An artificial Intelligence project utilizing a humanoid robot from French company Aldebaran and reprogramed for their specific campus makes its debut as an assistant for students attending Palomar College in San Marcos, California, U.S. October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Managing the risks of inevitably biased visual artificial intelligence systems

Aylin Caliskan and Ryan Steed

Monday, September 26, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, September 19, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Term limits—a way to tackle the Supreme Court’s crisis of legitimacy

Norman Eisen and Sasha Matsuki

Monday, September 26, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pivoting from global climate laggard to leader: Kigali and American HFC policy

Friday, September 23, 2022

American flags partially torn from their poles fly as a storm producing strong winds passes through Washington, U.S., March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Why federalism has become risky for American democracy

Darrell M. West

Friday, September 23, 2022

Workers distribute cases of bottled water to people in need at a distribution point during the municipal water crisis brought on by extreme cold weather weeks ago in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Biden should embrace the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Amb. Elizabeth Cousens and Anthony F. Pipa

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Photo: Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

Understanding artificial intelligence spending by the U.S. federal government

Gregory S. Dawson, Kevin C. Desouza, and James S. Denford

Thursday, September 22, 2022

A person dressed as an internet hacker is seen with binary code displayed on a laptop screen in this double exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on August 17, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Content moderation tools to stop extremism

Daniel L. Byman

September 2022

The different ways that platforms can and do moderate extremist content

Daniel L. Byman and Alan Z. Rozenshtein

The Lawfare Podcast

Thursday, September 22, 2022

A sign directs voters to the St. Cloud City Hall polling place for primary elections Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, along Seventh Street South in St. Cloud.Primary Voting 1

Lessons from the 2022 Primaries — what do they tell us about America’s political parties and the midterm elections?

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Demonstrators gather at the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022 to call for President Biden to cancel all student loan debt (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Democrats’ high-wire act on student loan forgiveness

Douglas N. Harris

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

President Trump and the shallow state

Friday, September 16, 2022

Demonstrators are seen protesting after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade which overturned a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. Friday, June 24, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. (Photo by Jason Whitman/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Will abortion affect the midterm vote for candidates? Lessons from the ban gay marriage ballot initiatives

Elaine Kamarck and Celia Shapiro

Thursday, September 15, 2022

President Biden and Kamala Harris in the Oval Office

Tracking regulatory changes in the Biden era

Monday, September 12, 2022