Showing posts with label separation of powers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label separation of powers. Show all posts
Sunday, November 8, 2026

Madison, Trump, and the 2026 Midterm

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Many posts have discussed the Constitution .   William F. Connelly Jr. at The Richmond Times-Dispatch   [ links added ] Before the electi...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Defying the Courts

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Many   posts  have  discussed   presidential power . SUDHIN THANAWALA at AP : The failure of Trump officials to follow court orders has been...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Federal Boards and Commissions: the Partisanship Issue

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Many posts  have discussed  regulation  and the  administrative state .  Chris Piper at the Partnership for Public Service : Since returning...
Monday, April 20, 2026

The Shadow Docket's Origin Story

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Many  posts have  discusse d the  judiciary .   Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak at NYT: Just after 6 p.m. on a February evening in 2016, the Sup...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Presidential Power

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Many   posts  have  discussed  the  presidency . Bruce Mehlman :   SO WHAT :  However the Iran War ends, it has already changed the world. E...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Courts Checking POTUS

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Many  posts have  discusse d the  independence  of the  judiciary . Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Feuer : A judge has thrown out two of their...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Gorsuch on Tariffs, Deliberation, and the Separation of Powers

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Many   posts  have   discussed   the  presidency . By a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority under the 1977 In...
Friday, February 20, 2026

The Limits of Presidential Power

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Many   posts  have   discussed   the  presidency . Peter Wallison at SCOTUSBlog : There is no sense in which the presidency – finally crea...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

The Donroe Doctrine

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Many   posts  have  discussed   foreign policy ,  war powers  and  the US  military .  Yesterday, the US snatched Maduro. Yesterday, Trump s...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

The Separation of Powers at the Start of 2026

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Many posts  have   discussed  the  separation of powers , which is  rapidly eroding . Zachary S. Price at The Atlantic : In just the past 11...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Pocket Rescissions

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Previous posts  have  discussed   budget   cuts .  Oriana González at NOTUS : The Office of Management and Budget’s director, Russell Vough...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Trump and the GAO

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  Previous posts  have  discussed  the  congressional lobotomy  including   the  shrinkage  of  GAO . Trump wants to replace the head of the...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Nondelegation

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Many   posts  have  dealt  with  tariffs  and  trade .  U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the International Emergency Economi...
Monday, October 27, 2025

Brief Against Tariffs

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Many   posts  have  dealt  with  tariffs  and  trade . Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Ron Wyden, together with colleagues, filed an amicus brie...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Killing Drug Trafficking Suspects

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  Previous posts have discussed presidential  decisions  to  kill suspected terrorists . ( See NYT story on the "kill list." )   P...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

The Danger of Presidential Government

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Many posts  have   discussed  the  separation of powers , which is rapidly eroding . Jay Cost at AEI: By centralizing authority so heavily, ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Change Elections

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Many   posts  have  discussed  the  state of Congress . Bruce Mehlman : Voters in the U.S. and around the world are unhappy with the direc...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Court Strikes Down Tariffs

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Many   posts  have  dealt  with  tariffs  and  trade . Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic : The debate over President Donald Trump’s tariffs...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Sack the Fed Head?

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Many posts  have discussed  regulation  and the  administrative state .  Peter J. Wallison at AEI : In a 2020 case called Seila Law v. Consu...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Stashing Away Residents of this Country

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    The Trump administratio n is  snatching people without due process .  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE FOURTH CIRCUITNo. 25-1404(8:...