Executive Branch
Barack Obama, Imperial President
Both at home and abroad, Obama is setting a dismal new standard in executive overreach.
Obama's Dumb, Rash, and Unilateral War
Don't buy the president's lame excuses for attacking ISIS without congressional approval.
Who Wants to Know the Finalists Competing for President Obama's Library?
Too bad: We're telling you anyway.
That Time the President, the FBI, and a Moonlighting Supreme Court Justice Tried to Dig Up Dirt on a Movie Star
When LBJ ordered an investigation of George Hamilton.
Suspicious Minds in the 1970s
Rick Perlstein's new book shows the strange '70s interplay of skepticism and nostalgia.
Obama Is Being a Coward, Not Caesar, on Immigration
He has the executive authority to give far more relief to unauthorized workers
Let's Celebrate Watergate and the Deflation of the Imperial Presidency
It wasn't a national nightmare; it was fun. We can do it again.
Is the President Incompetent or Lawless?
Barack Obama has demonstrated a propensity for rejecting his oath and doing damage to our fabric of liberty that cannot easily be undone by a successor.
Lawsuit Over Presidential Overreach Gets Thumbs-Up From House Committee
Executive order this, Barry.
Dems Question Cost of Suit Over Obama Executive Overreach
Now they're worried about spending.
The Presidency Has Turned Into an 'Elective Monarchy'
A conservative legal scholar's surprisingly convincing case against the Constitution.
Obama's Disappointing Year at the Supreme Court
From recess appointments to warrantless cellphone searches to Obamacare, the White House lost big this term at SCOTUS.
Today's Supreme Court Rulings: Limits on Recess Appointments, Buffer Zones at Abortion Clinics
Two more cases left to decide this term
Who Would Hillary Clinton Bomb?
She's rarely met a war she didn't like-or a constitutional limit she deems worth respecting.
Sen. Rand Paul Is Right to Oppose Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens
He is standing up for the principle that secret law has no place in a constitutional democracy.
As Obama's Power Fades, Americans Should Celebrate Hobbled Government
However limited the president's power and influence in Washington, they're about to shrink. And that's a good thing.
Removing Bad Presidents From Office Should Be Easier
Monica Lewinsky's reemergence is a reminder that our presidential safety valve is broken.
The High Price Tag of the Obama Library
Legislators in broke Illinois are considering approving $100 million for the Barack Obama Presidential Library.
Obama Is Right on Clemency for Non-Violent Drug Offenders
Conservatives have no good reason to caterwaul this time.
Republican Bill Boosts 'Imperial Presidency' It's Trying To Squash
Rep. Eric Cantor is more interested in taking shots at Obama than actually fixing the monstrous executive office.
White House Has Its Own Way of Screwing with Senate Torture Probe – Ignoring It
Refuses to hand over some paperwork for report
George Washington: Boozehound
Prodigious alcohol consumption by Washington and his fellow founding fathers has been whitewashed from American history.
Congress Unconscionably Silent on Obama's Constitutional Crimes
The president's willingness to violate the Constitution publicly calls into question his fitness for office.
House GOP Pushing Bill to Bring Civil Lawsuit Over President Obama's Overreaching Executive Powers
Grow a pair and reassert Congress' power as a co-equal branch instead guys?
