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To Enforce the Laws Faithfully Jul. 24, 2025
When the IRS announced two weeks ago that it would not enforce a section of federal law commonly cal... Read More
The Routine of the Rule of Law Jan. 09, 2025
This year, Jan. 6 was a routine day. Congress certified the election of Donald Trump. They did it in... Read More
Alito Asserts the Court Is Ethically Untouchable. That's Why It Shouldn't Be. Aug. 03, 2023
Those who suspect that Justice Samuel Alito views the Supreme Court as some imperial Star Chamber th... Read More
The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling Explained Jul. 24, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Under a landmark court ruling issued this week, Illinois will become the first state in the nation t... Read More
Separation of Powers and the Regulatory State Jul. 09, 2022
It was a strange coincidence that Justice Stephen Breyer's last day on the court, the final day of t... Read More
Targeting Democrats' Data Was a Dangerous Breach of the Separation of Powers Jun. 15, 2021
Just when it seems the full extent of former President Donald Trump's authoritarian instincts are kn... Read More
Finally, Freedom in Michigan Oct. 08, 2020
"If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, t... Read More
China's Tech Totalitarianism Apr. 15, 2020
The media tell us China "beat coronavirus." I don't believe it. The Chinese government lies. AEI's&#... Read More
A Primer on the Separation of Powers Jan. 30, 2020
The president of the United States is on trial in the Senate. It is an impeachment trial and, thus f... Read More
The Dangers of an Imperial Presidency Nov. 21, 2019
Throughout the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump has been pushin... Read More
The Temptation of Tyranny Sep. 05, 2019
Does the president of the United States have too much power? That question has been asked lately wit... Read More
Once Upon a Time in America May. 16, 2019
There was a time in American history — nearly all of it up to the presidency of Woodrow Wilson... Read More
Can Congress Amend the Constitution? Mar. 14, 2019
"Emergency does not create power. Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish th... Read More
'Gun Violence Is the Real Emergency' Feb. 28, 2019
Earlier this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a group of supporters and journalists that in her... Read More
How to Protect Democracy Jul. 06, 2018
There was a time in recent history when conservatives understood the dangers of an imperial presiden... Read More
War and the Separation of Powers Apr. 26, 2018
A popular way to begin the first day of class in constitutional law in many American law schools is ... Read More
Trump Treads on the Constitution Jun. 03, 2016
Hillary Clinton had a bad week. A scathing report from the State Department's inspector general on C... Read More
Obama's Ongoing Assault on the Constitution Mar. 06, 2015
One of the many reasons constitutional conservatives consider President Obama a threat to the Consti... Read More
Obama's Highhanded Immigration Hypocrisy Feb. 27, 2015
Honestly, are any of my Democratic friends even slightly bothered by President Obama's habitual and ... Read More
Obama's Unprecedented Impeachment Dare Aug. 05, 2014
Tell me: Has any other United States president ever goaded the opposition party to bring impeachment... Read More
