https://www.penncerl.org/news/federal-troop-deployments-to-quell-civil-unrest-from-tabletop-exercises-to-reality/
Aug 20, 2025 - President Trump’s string of National Guard deployments to U.S. cities for the purpose of suppressing civil unrest raises many legal and operational questions.
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https://www.penncerl.org/news/experts-question-trumps-legal-arguments-for-his-war-against-drug-trafficking/
Oct 17, 2025 - CERL’s Professors Geoffrey Corn and Claire Finkelstein are quoted in reporting by the Associated Press on the Trump administration’s legal justifications...
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https://www.penncerl.org/news/cerl-is-hiring-apply-today-to-join-our-team-as-center-coordinator-2/
Oct 1, 2025 - This role is responsible for coordinating a portfolio of CERL activities and programs, completing all required assignments, and providing the highest level of
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https://www.penncerl.org/summer-internships-program/
Sep 12, 2025 - The application portal for CERL's 2025 Summer Internship Program has closed. The next application cycle will open in spring of 2026.
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https://www.penncerl.org/news/cerl-nimj-ldad-and-legal-experts-file-amicus-brief-in-support-of-governor-newsoms-lawsuit-against-president-trump-citing-grave-rule-of-law-concerns/
Sep 11, 2025 - Penn’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), the National Institute of Military Justice (NIMJ), Lawyers Defending American Democracy (LDAD), and
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https://www.penncerl.org/news/profound-consequences-to-invoking-war-powers-to-target-venezuelan-drug-cartel/
Oct 20, 2025 - President Donald Trump has once again launched a strike against a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea. At War on the Rocks, Professor
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https://www.penncerl.org/the-rule-of-law-post/acknowledged-covert-activity-and-regime-change-plans-for-venezuela/
Oct 24, 2025 - News outlets including The New York Times, NPR, and Al Jazeera recently reported President Trump authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela.
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