Originalism, Living Constitutionalism, and the Power to Initiate War
You don't have to be an originalist to conclude that the Constitution requires congressional authorization for war.
You don't have to be an originalist to conclude that the Constitution requires congressional authorization for war.
Congress doesn't have the best track record on privacy rights.
"I don't know Mr. Libby, but for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly."
Taxpayer contributions to pension plans have doubled in the past decade, but pension debt continues to increase.
Congress is filled with elderly politicians completely unsuited to regulate the tech industry.
A small-scale strike might be constitutional even without congressional support. But it is also likely to be useless, much like last year's missile strike turned out to be. Large-scale military action of the sort that could make a real difference, requires advance congressional authorization.
"The president has been very specific, at times, on this," Paul said. "He said 'it is time to get out of Afghanistan.'"
Thursday's vote is an empty gesture. Worse, it's a hypocritical one.
HBO's hit sitcom about the tech industry lights a real-world path to a better internet.
The FAA banned flight-sharing apps, but Sen. Mike Lee has introduced a bill to overturn that decision.
The vaunted policy wonk's career has expanded the size, scope, and spending of government.
"If Facebook and other online companies will not or cannot fix their privacy invasions, then we are going to have to. We, the Congress."
His company's revenue and user growth are flattening; his image is in the toilet. Expect an embrace of hard or soft regulation from the social media king.
The search of Michael Cohen's office, explained.
The firebrand Michigan congressman unloads on the GOP leadership's unwillingness to shrink government's size, scope, and spending.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's "nervous" about getting into a global trade war. Here's what he could do to prevent one.
But California regulations will let people sue your coffee roasting business into oblivion.
Teachers have shut down schools across the state, allegedly to protest pension changes. But those pension reforms are pretty mild.
"Let's get the conversation to where people are talking not about limiting gun rights but expanding them."
The brief, which I coauthored on behalf of myself and six other legal scholars explains why the Bill of Rights constrains federal power over immigration no less than other types of federal power.
Thanks to Congress and President Trump, budget deficits will only mushroom.
The problem is in the procedure, says the libertarian-leaning Kentucky congressman. He thinks it could cost the GOP big in November.
The attorney general pretends to discover that the controversial rifle accessories are already illegal.
Congress kneecapped minor league ballplayers' lawsuit with last week's omnibus bill. Even if that was the right thing to do, the way it was done is wrong.
Many people fear that John Bolton and Donald Trump might start an unnecessary war. But such fears would be unnecessary if Congress were to reclaims it power to initiate war.
"The President of the United States has no immunity and is 'subject to the laws' for purely private acts."
Spending. The Pentagon. TIGER grants. Border Wall. NSF. Planned Parenthood. CDC. Head Start. The whole process. I can't take it anymore.
Republicans prove yet again why they deserve to be labeled the biggest swamp spenders.
Congressional Republicans may be keeping quiet not because they want to see Mueller fired but because they don't.
The measure will "make it harder, not easier, to root out and prosecute sex traffickers," said Sen. Ron Wyden, one of only two senators to vote no on FOSTA.
The measure, which Congress may be on the verge of enacting, aims to improve enforcement of misguided rules.
Maybe don't give the other side the rope to hang you with.
"Of all the tribunals this is the one that should stick to the rules."
Four out of five voters agree that Washington has a spending problem, but a new omnibus spending bill will add yet more to the national debt.
There is, it turns out, more to the Stormy Daniels Affair than meets the eye.
"Border searches never require a warrant or probable cause."
Paul says Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick to be the next secretary of state, will repeat the foreign policy mistakes of the past two decades.
It appears that Justice Neil Gorsuch is far from the only one who questions the wisdom of Chevron deference and other findings from a new survey of federal judges.
Lawyers look to cash in for the silliest of reasons.
A 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum will take effect in 15 days, unless GOP lawmakers take unusual steps to stop them.
Given the state of the modern GOP, that's a very big "if." But the senator is trying for a vote again this week.
Making drug-company shareholders foot the bill for a public health crisis is flaky and counterproductive.