For the past six months, Lawfare has quietly been doing something a little out of the ordinary. Instead of just covering national security litigation, we’ve been the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State over its failure to disclose international agreements and nonbinding instruments that the Trump administration has entered into, as required by statute.

This past Monday, Aug. 31, a federal district court in Washington, D.C., rejected almost all of the government’s motion to dismiss and confirmed that our lawsuit can proceed to the merits. This seemed like a good time to explain why we’re suing—and to ask for your help.