Executive Branch
John F. Kennedy Set a Benchmark for Overambitious Government
JFK and LBJ set out to prove how much the U.S. government could accomplish. They ended up proving how little extravagance can buy.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Obama's Dangerous International Deal
A free trade agreement that is about neither trade nor freedom.
The Baby Boomers' JFK Fixation
Camelot nostalgia and assassination obsession as a form of generational arrogance.
John Kerry, Kennedy Assassination Theorist
The secretary of state suspects a conspiracy killed the president.
John F. Kennedy Was No National Treasure
He was lawless, reckless, and anything but a national treasure
Executive Branch 'Dictatorship'
Dirty Wars author Jeremy Scahill on rendition, torture, drones, and how American power operates beyond the law
White House Reiterates It May Strike Syria Without Congress
Maybe somebody just needs to draw a new red line?
Obama's Case Against Attacking Syria
What he said about the requirements for war before he was president
War Powers Objections Raised to Obama's Syria Plans
As Senator, Obama himself objected to unilateral executive action
Historical Document of the Day: Gerald Ford on Squeaky Fromme
The taped testimony of a president
Clapper Won't Be Overseeing Surveillance Review, Though That May Just Be a Small Comfort
A review of the NSA's surveillance managed by the executive branch can't really be called "independent"
Obama's State of the Union Goals Gather Dust
Little movement on a lot of progressive objectives
Obama Administration Doesn't Want the Judiciary in 'National Conversation' on Security and Liberty
Leave the checks and balances to us!
President Obama Puts Politics Above the Rule of Law
From aiding Egypt to Obamacare, this administration demonstrates no regard for the Constitution.
What If Government Officials Broke the Laws We Hired Them to Enforce?
What if they prosecuted others for breaking the same laws they broke?
Obama's Flight from Responsibility
The president needs to take responsibility for the actions of his own administration.
Obama's Cloak of Invisibility
How secrecy frustrates challenges to counterterrorism tactics
Obama Debates the War on Terror With Himself
The president criticizes his own abuses of executive power.
Advice and Consent Is Not Optional
The bipartisan abuse of recess appointments flouts the Constitution's checks and balances.
Federal Court Slams Obama's Use of Recess Appointment Power
The president's bad week just got worse.
Beware the IRS
The long, disturbing history of using the Internal Revenue Service to target political opponents.
Shedding Popularity, France's Hollande Considers Rule by Decree
Because that will win over the doubters
No More Tax Dollars for Presidential Libraries
Let America's former presidents burnish their legacies on their own dimes.
