Be Patient: We Might Not Know Who Won the Election Right Away
Mail-in ballots typically take days or sometimes weeks to be counted, so don't expect results on Election Night this year.
Mail-in ballots typically take days or sometimes weeks to be counted, so don't expect results on Election Night this year.
Giving one man control of all nuclear weapons is a mistake.
Whitmer helped spark a national debate over the limits of executive power.
The court concludes that the ban is illegal in large part because the broad authority claimed by the president violates the nondelegation doctrine.
A useful summary of how White Houses are not always forthcoming about medical issues afflicting Presidents.
Some possible answers to these questions from leading experts on the subject.
The opinion was written by prominent conservative Judge David Sentelle.
Under the broad terms of a 1934 federal law, the president has the authority to seize emergency control of almost any electronic device in the country.
The Trump presidency has been a stress test for maximalist theories of presidential power.
If only that signaled a broader respect for legal limits on executive power.
There’s nothing good about censoring communication platforms citizens want to use.
I coauthored it with Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy.
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A week after being sued over his arbitrary COVID-19 policy, Gov. Charlie Baker says he will allow arcades to reopen.
These proposals augment those made in Paul Rosenzweig and Vishnu Kannan's important recent article on the subject.
A list of reforms to help restore the rule of law in a post-Trump Washington.
For the moment, the executive "memorandum" is long on rhetoric, but short on actual action. If it ever does lead to action, it could be yet another attack on federalism and separation of powers.
The Trump administration's new nationwide eviction moratorium provokes a backlash from some congressional Republicans.
It's a power grab that could undermine federalism and separation of powers, and imperil property rights.
"I will continue to give all Americans, including former inmates, the best chance to build a new life and achieve their own American dream," Trump said.
"I know what moral panics look like; they look kind of like this."
All the worst people are still mad he blew the whistle on government snooping.
A preliminary assessment of Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Vance.
Both major parties defend the Constitution only when it's convenient.
Redundancy with an iron fist
The next Democratic president will be all too happy to govern by pen and phone too, say the Reason Roundtable podcasters.
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An ambiguous presidential order affecting a Chinese company connected to several popular video games sows confusion.
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Will his blunt self-aggrandizement reinvigorate concerns about presidents who exceed their powers?
New York City's primary election fiasco reveals gross incompetence rather than fraud.
Department of Homeland Security
The lack of Senate-confirmed officers at DHS is a serious problem.
The lawsuit raises a variety of important issues, including a nondelegation challenge. It could turn out to be a very significant case.
Whitmer's argument is short on facts and legal reasoning.
The president’s heavy-handed response to protests against police brutality belies his promise of "law and order."
Two centuries of precedents say the president is not immune from judicial process.
The Reason Roundtable weighs in on the latest coronavirus policy debate.
An analysis finds that Trump is both more stingy and more self-serving than his predecessors in how he has used the pardon power to date
Stone was set to report to federal prison to serve 40 months for lying to Congress and witness tampering.
The Supreme Court weighs the legality of subpoenaing Trump’s financial records.
The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's claims of immunity, but reaffirmed limits on investigatory powers, and ruled in favor of Native American tribal claims against Oklahoma.
SCOTUS rules 5–4 in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The article explains why these policies, which made made America more closed to immigration than at any previous time in history, are both harmful and a dangerous executive power grab.
In it I explain how to reform a federal law the Supreme Court has interpreted as giving the president nearly unlimited power to ban migrants from entering the United States.
Princeton's Omar Wasow talks about the complicated effects of civil rights demonstrations, police brutality, and racial fears on public policy.
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