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Your Questions Answered: Trump's First 100 Days May. 05, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term, we've seen a whirlwind of executive o... Read More
'Official English' Is Tone-Deaf to Rhythms of a Multicultural America Mar. 11, 2025
SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump is a shameless cultural warrior who pits citizens against o... Read More
The Executive Branch Is Deliberately Failing Americans Jan. 11, 2024
The president of the United States is the head of the executive branch of the federal government. Am... Read More
Trump's Disregard for the Rule of Law Is at Least as Bad as Biden's: The Former President Reminds Us That Claiming Unbridled Executive Power Is a Bipartisan Tendency May. 17, 2023
Sometime this month or next, the Supreme Court is expected to tell President Joe Biden that he can't... Read More
Who Writes the Laws? Oct. 21, 2021
It is distressing for those of us who believe that the Constitution means what it says to observe th... Read More
The Power to Make War Mar. 11, 2021
Two weeks ago, while the House of Representatives was finalizing its 700-page legislation authorizin... 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
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 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
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
The George HW Bush Hagiography Is the Elites' Finest Accomplishment Dec. 07, 2018
Even by the recent can't-believe-your-eyes-and-ears standards of American elitist hagiography, this ... Read More
Trump Grants Mercy with Little Input from Justice Department Jun. 05, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has "the absolute right to PARDON ... Read More
Trump Was Right About War Power -- in 2013 Apr. 18, 2018
Late on a Friday afternoon five years ago, Donald Trump put out a tweet that made sense. "The presid... Read More
Follow the Leader Oct. 26, 2017
There are people who are born leaders: Winston Churchill, Indira Gandhi, Axl Rose. And then there ar... Read More
With Arctic Drilling Ban, Obama Continues His Historic Abuse of Power Dec. 23, 2016
While the left panics over President-elect Donald Trump and the erosion of democratic norms, Preside... Read More
Ten Lessons for the Next President Sep. 15, 2016
Regardless of who wins the election in November, here are 10 things that I think he or she should ke... Read More
Hemming in Executive Overreach May. 03, 2016
On April 18, the U.S. Supreme Court heard extensive arguments over President Barack Obama's plan to ... Read More
Welcome to the Executive Dictatorship Jun. 25, 2014
The Constitution is dead. Long live the executive dictatorship. There is almost nothing the presiden... Read More
Working it Out
Mar. 06, 2014
Underdog 1, Bully 0 Feb. 26, 2014
It's all too easy to find people willing to mistreat others because they can. It happens in restaura... Read More
