National & World Affairs

Zachary Price explains the annual government funding, or appropriations, process and how and why federal government shutdowns happen.

In a conversation with the Harvard Gazette, Rebecca Tushnet talks about the Authors Guild's case against OpenAI and some of the broader legal issues around emerging tech.

Is Burger King selling you a Whopper of a tale? A juicy class action lawsuit filed in March 2023 alleges that the fast-food chain’s signature…

Harvard Law Professor Carmel Shachar explains the federal government’s effort to loosen marijuana regulations and argues the 1970s restrictions were always misguided.

Harvard Law’s Benjamin I. Sachs says the labor movement’s successes this year may be the ‘start of a virtuous cycle of union wins’.

Harvard Law’s Richard Lazarus says that while the pro-environment ruling in Held v. Montana is a reason to celebrate, the impact could be limited.

A search of the Marion County Record offices may have violated the First Amendment and 1980’s Privacy Protection Act, says David McCraw, a lecturer on law and top New York Times lawyer.

Machine-generated output is raising a host of legal and ethical questions around authorship, fair use, copyright, and more.

Harvard Law School researcher Ashley Nunes says electric vehicles aren't a sure-fire climate change solution.

Laurence Tribe says in requiring the president to pay U.S. debts it supersedes debt-limit law and breaks the impasse over GOP demands

Oren Tamir, a post-doctoral fellow, says that many of the critiques of the major questions doctrine tend to miss the mark — and that, with some changes, the doctrine could be fixed in ways that would make it a valuable contribution for our law and democracy.

Former national security official Timothy Edgar says that the government isn’t doing enough to protect classified computer systems.

Rep. Adam Schiff contrasts the recent disclosure of U.S. documents and Russian invasion buildup in a Kennedy School talk on foreign policy and the future of democracy.

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner says a lack of transparency and recent incidents involving justices, spouses, and activists have tarnished the Court's public standing.

Harvard Law graduate and visiting researcher Svitlana Starosvit traces the historic causes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cautions against a settlement that includes concessions of Ukrainian territory.

Daniel Tarullo, who served as a Fed regulator, discusses the moral hazard and the implications for inflation after the SVB collapse rocks Washington and Wall Street.

Experts on law and policy say the originalist view used to overturn Roe v. Wade could upend a 1976 ruling based on the cruel and unusual punishment clause.

Timothy Edgar, a former national security and intelligence official and lecturer at Harvard Law School, says a full ban of the video-sharing app isn’t likely, but regulation may be needed.

Harvard Law School and Yale Law School will convene law deans and education experts from around the country on March 1st to discuss paths forward…

Former Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth says that autocrats tend to become more isolated and make poorer decisions as they consolidate power.

National security expert Elena Chachko argues that the Russia's war against Ukraine has given both NATO and the European Union new purpose and energy.