5 Republicans Liberals May Learn to Love in the Trump Era
Amash, Paul, McMullin, Will, and Scalia will help keep the unpredictable billionaire in check.
Executive Power
Trump and the Power of the Presidency
The case for limited government is more compelling than ever.
With Arctic Drilling Ban, Obama Continues His Historic Abuse of Power
Obama's latest executive move, banning offshore drilling in large areas of the Atlantic and Arctic waters, folds neatly into six years of executive control.
Trump Has a Blank Check on Executive Power. Thanks Obama! (New Reason Podcast)
Q&A with Cato's Gene Healy on the 44th president's most lasting legacy.
President Obama Warns Trump About Executive Orders, Unilateral Foreign Policy and War Making
The president warns president-elect against following in his path.
What Trump Can Do for Us
Will a ridiculous president encourage Americans to take the presidency less seriously?
President Donald Trump Could Make Military Interrogations Medieval Again
The next commander-in-chief could legally bring back torture.
'I've Got a Pen and I've Got a Phone': Obama's Executive Overreach Becomes Trump's Executive Overreach
The dangers of unchecked executive power.
On Transgender Students, Do the Right Thing in the Right Way
Don't make excuses for even more unchecked executive power.
Trump's Call for Clinton's Prosecution Is Only Deemed 'Outrageous' Because of the Target
The nominee can protect herself with ease. What about everyday Americans?
Trump's Putin Praise Highlights His Authoritarianism
The strength the Republican nominee admires is the strength of an autocrat.
Neither Dictator nor King
Libertarians Gary Johnson and William Weld suggest there are limits to presidential power.
Texas Judge Blocks Obama Admin's School Transgender Accommodation Orders
Determines Title IX interpretation more than just 'guidance.'
New York Times' Analysis of 'The Obama Era' Focuses on All Those Oppressive New Rules
His legacy will include hundreds of new federal regulations.
Virginia's Governor Makes a Mess Out of Restoring Felons' Voting Rights
What's supposed to have been a civil rights matter ends up as a case of executive overreach.
It Doesn't Matter Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump Is Worse
Same song, different strongman
Obama on His Unauthorized War Against ISIS: I'm Not Hearing 'No'
The administration argues that Congress has implicitly consented to new military operations in Iraq and Syria.
Senator Mike Lee: Give More Power to Congress (and Take it Away from Federal Agencies)
The constitutional conservative has an ambitious plan to rebalance the separation of powers
Sen. Rand Paul Hoping the Prospect of President Trump Might Push Congress to Reclaim War Powers
Plans to propose requirement for new military authorization to fight ISIS.
The Seven Counties That Will Determine the Next President
Q&A with Hot Air's Ed Morrissey
President Obama's DAPA Order Oversteps His Immigration Powers
Obama's action is good policy, bad law, and terrible precedent.
Yes, Obama's Executive Action Deferring Deportation for Millions of Immigrants Is Constitutional
The immigration laws whose enforcement the president is restricting are themselves unconstitutional.
DARPA Unveils Latest Military Tech Weapon
Giving presidents the tools they need to wield the power they've already taken.
The Fourth Branch of Government is Out of Control
Regulators and other bureaucrats form a fourth branch of government with elements of the other three, but little public influence.
Cruz's Constitutionalism Trumps Trump's Trumpism
Why the Texas senator is the least scary of the remaining major-party candidates
Obama Is Guilty of Executive Overreach, Says Lawyer Who Authored Bush Torture Memos
John Yoo thinks the president should have virtually limitless war-making powers.
Ben Carson Weighs In on Limits to the President's Power
He's vaguely in favor of them because of things that Barack Obama has done.
Resolved: This Is Not an Election About Restraining the President
Candidates mostly ignore survey asking about limits on executive authority.
National Review Comes Out 'Against Trump'
Conservative flagship publishes group hit piece featuring Glenn Beck, Ed Meese, Thomas Sowell, Bill Kristol, John Podhoretz, David Boaz, the Editors, and more
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Challenge to Obama's Executive Action on Immigration
U.S. v. Texas heads to SCOTUS.
Obama to Congress: Please Authorize What I'm Already Doing
...but if you don't authorize it, he'll keep doing it anyway.
Black and Brown Politics and the State of the Union, With Kmele Foster
Listen to SiriusXM Insight (channel 121) at noon, and call 877-974-7487 to talk about race and politics in Obama's America
Obama's Legacy is Executive Abuse
The temptation to use the Obama model of legislating through the executive branch will become increasingly attractive to politicians and their supporters.
Obama Oversteps His Authority With Gun Orders
The president is without authority to negate the congressional will, and any attempt to do so will be invalidated by the courts.
Ky. Governor's Action on Ex-Felon Voters Should Get More Attention Than Kim Davis Pandering
Bevin sends mixed messages on limits of executive power.
Why Obama's Immigration Plan Backfired
Can the president write his own laws or procedures? In a word: No.
The Hillary Doctrine: Create Instability, Wing it, Then Refuse to 'Retreat'
The Democratic frontrunner takes the exact wrong lesson from an illegal, ill-advised war
Hillary Knows Something Most Democrats Can't Admit
Debate performance illustrates that civil liberties and executive-power abuse matter mostly when Republicans run the White House
Donald Trump is 'Very Good at Losing Other People's Money'
Trump biographer Jerome Tuccille on why the real estate tycoon is not a capitalist.
What Drives Donald Trump? 'He's got money, he's got fame…Power is what's left'
Trump biographer Jerome Tuccille on the secret compulsion behind the billionaire's presidential bid.
The Tyranny of Obama's Wars by Drones
The president has rejected the theory and practice of due process.
The Earl Weaver Case for Rand Paul's Libertarianism
Instead of dwelling on how the candidate falls short on foreign policy, it's worth imagining what a President Paul might do
Jeb Bush Calls for Deference from Senate on Loretta Lynch's A.G. Nomination
'I think presidents have the right to pick their team'
Obama's 'Signature Achievement' Will Be Bypassing the Constitution
Obama is on his way to circumventing checks and balances with more regularity than any president in history.
When Joe Biden Loved Defying the President's Foreign Policy
Back in 1986, the then-senator led the charge against Ronald Reagan's treatment of South Africa
