John M. Richardson: “I strongly request that the Congress act to correct this most painful problem.”

We are there to make sure that freedom of navigation is maintained and to advocate for the rules-based order.

Many options may be available to district courts seeking to craft appropriate relief in response to deportations they find unlawful. But directing diplomatic negotiations to the Executive Branch is not among them.

If there is one word I think that describes the major takeaway, it's 'stability.'

China has taken a bit of a different approach, unilaterally constructing a series of islands and then militarizing those islands.