The Trump administration is asserting expansive executive power, challenging traditional constraints. On Democracy in Question, Dr. Katie Dunn Tenpas and Scott R. Anderson discuss how this breaks with modern presidential norms. 🎧 Listen here: brookings.edu/articles/do-er…

BREAKING: Rubio unveils new org chart "to make the State Department Great Again"

My latest for Lawfare: the limits of how far President Trump can go in accepting Russia’s annexation of Crimea without Congress. Hint: it’s not as far as he seems to think. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-wh…

It's the “Keeping It 100” Edition! On Rational Security, Scott R. Anderson sat down with Molly Reynolds and James Pearce to talk through the week’s big national security news, including what President Trump has done in his second first 100 days in office and the legal challenges he

.Scott R. Anderson looks across several D.C. Circuit opinions on various U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America suits to piece together a fuller picture of how the court views President Trump's attempt to dismantle the executive branch.

"[U]ntil circumstances compel the other branches of government to adjust their posture...the executive branch is unlikely to see itself as legally constrained from participating in Israel’s military campaign against Iran, if Trump ultimately opts to do so," writes Scott R. Anderson.

Following immigration policy protests, President Donald J. Trump authorized an unprecedented military deployment to Los Angeles using obscure legal powers. Scott R. Anderson warns that this could signal a shift toward more routine domestic military use. brookings.edu/articles/how-c…

On today's Lawfare Daily, Mykhailo Soldatenko and Scott R. Anderson spoke to Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi and Patrick W. Pearsall about their role in proposing Ukraine's reparations strategy, how they pitched it to President Zelensky, the G-7, and the UN, and the relevance of the reparations to the Ukraine-Russia

It's the "Live from Aspen edition! Scott R. Anderson sat down with Shane Harris, Mark Leon Goldberg, and Alex Ward live from the Aspen Security Forum to discuss the Trump admin's decision to bar more than a dozen officials from participating, what foreign ministers were talking about, and the

Today's Lawfare Daily is 2 conversations Scott R. Anderson had at the Aspen Security Forum. First he spoke with Shashank Joshi discuss the new dynamics surrounding European security. Then he sat down with Iris Ferguson (CSIS) to discuss the strategic significance of the Arctic.

It's the “Business Casual August” Edition! On this week's Rational Security, Scott R. Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Daniel Byman, and Kate Klonick talked through the week’s big national security news, including the Israeli government's stated intent to occupy Gaza, the Trump administration's deal

Tomorrow at 4pm ET, join Benjamin Wittes, Scott R. Anderson, Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, and Christopher Mirasola for a live discussion on President Trump deploying the D.C. National Guard, the bench trial in Newsom v. Trump over the federalization of the CA National Guard, and more.

FRI| Brookings Institution's Scott Anderson discusses the Constitutional authority Presidents have in deploying the National Guard and the role of Armed Forces in domestic situations. Watch live at 8:45am ET!

Looking forward to joining Washington Journal tomorrow morning. Tune in!

In 1 hour, join Benjamin Wittes, Scott R. Anderson, Anna Bower, James Pearce, Loren Voss, and Quinta Jurecic will discuss the legality of the White House canceling $4.9B in foreign aid, the deployment of the National Guard in D.C., this morning's hearing over Fed gov. Lisa Cook's apparent

TODAY at 2:30 pm ET, join Benjamin Wittes, Scott R. Anderson, and Rebecca Ingber for a live discussion of the U.S. strike on an alleged “drug boat” in Venezuela, the gathering of U.S. troops and warships in the Caribbean, and more.

Did the president's Venezuelan "boat strike" violate the law? By applying the tools of war to civilians, writes Scott R. Anderson, the Trump administration is entering unprecedented—and deeply problematic—legal territory.

The House Rules Committee has reported the rule. meaning there will likely be a vote on the House floor to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs.

In case you need a refresher on why this would be a good thing, see my piece in Foreign Policy from a few years back. foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/28/ira…

What could the Israel-Gaza deal mean for the Middle East? Brookings scholars weigh in. Suzanne Maloney asli aydintasbas Itamar Rabinovich Dafna Rand Shibley Telhami Kemal Kirisci Scott R. Anderson brook.gs/4qnzy3U