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Jack Goldsmith assesses the impact of recent US Supreme Court decisions involving the limits of executive power. About a year ago the Trump administration appeared to have defied legal restraints…
Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith analyze President Donald Trump’s unilateral approach to military action. The Constitution’s framers clearly aimed to check “the Dog of war,” in Jefferson’s phrase, by ensuring…
Jack Goldsmith and Samuel Moyn compare our current president to one of his favorite predecessors. A little more than a year into President Trump’s second term, his executive power grabs…
Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer ponder President Donald Trump’s impact on executive power during the first year of his second term. In the pursuit of this agenda, Trump has unquestionably…
Jack Goldsmith writes about the US Supreme Court’s use of interim orders during the first year of the second Donald Trump administration. The presidency-related interim orders under study built on…
Jack Landman Goldsmith analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s initial responses to emergency requests from the Trump administration. [A]lthough the government has sought relatively few emergency orders to date, the Court…
Jack Landman Goldsmith documents the Trump administration’s approach toward legal issues. The president is the Supreme Court for the executive branch. But in past practice, he has very rarely adjudicated…
Jonathan Turley writes for The Hill about the Biden administration’s disturbing rule in judging conservative speech. Last year, the Biden administration caved to public outcry and disbanded its infamous Disinformation…
Michael Barone‘s latest Washington Examiner column focuses on the potential impact for Democrats of their “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Newton’s third law of motion states that in nature for every action…
That’s what Glenn Greenwald says about the Democrats and progressives who have suddently started worrying about unchecked executive power: When he first ran for president in 2008 … limiting executive-power abuses…
Those who have followed closely the arguments for and against using drone aircraft for targeted killings of enemy terrorists might find the latest Commentary magazine cover story interesting. American University…