Yesterday, Trump announced that he would take over the D.C. police—and deploy 800 National Guard troops to crack down on crime and homelessness. Is it legal? Is it necessary? Jed Rubenfeld, @Continetti, & @RafaelaSie discuss #LIVE today, 3 p.m. ET. TheFP.com/livestream

Is President Donald Trump taking federal control over police in D.C. legal? Jed Rubenfeld says yes. “Section 740 of the act expressly authorizes the president to take control of the capital’s police.” thefp.com/p/jed-rubenfel…

“I think Trump is well within his legal authority here… unusual as it is.” Constitutional lawyer Jed Rubenfeld on President Trump’s decision to take over the D.C. police and deploy 800 National Guard troops to crack down on crime and homelessness.

“On August 7, in an interview on Fox, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to sue ‘The New York Times’ for falsely defaming Israel in a July 24 front-page article headlined ‘Gazans Are Dying of Starvation.’ Could Israel win that suit? Some prominent law

The real question behind Trump’s new flag-burning order: Will today’s Supreme Court overrule its 1989 and 1990 rulings that declared flag-burning protected speech? Jed Rubenfeld on why this order is essentially a challenge to those precedents: thefp.com/p/jed-rubenfel…

Required reading if you're trying work out whether or not Trump is doing unconstitutional things. Jed Rubenfeld expertly answers the question for The Free Press.

Yale constitutional professor Jed Rubenfeld’s bottom line of Trump’s recent controversies: Tariffs and Nat’l Guard deployments are on solid legal ground. The firing of a Fed governor and bombing a smuggler’s boat likely crossed the constitutional line. thefp.com/p/jed-rubenfel…

STANDING ROOM ONLY: SLB 129 was packed as Dr. John C. Eastman and Prof. Jed Rubenfeld debated birthright citizenship. Thank you to our speakers and the YLS community for a rigorous, civil discussion.

This is smart and informative; thefp.com/p/jed-rubenfel…

From the possibility of the death penalty to firing those who celebrated his death, our legal columnist, Jed Rubenfeld, offers important answers.