GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer Says Trump's Emergency Declaration Is 'Unnecessary'
Cramer tells Reason he's not sure which way he'll vote on a resolution to block it.
Cramer tells Reason he's not sure which way he'll vote on a resolution to block it.
The biggest conservative conference of the year used to be welcoming to libertarians. What about this year?
Nick Gillespie talks with The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes and Jim Swift about CPAC, the future of the GOP, and why conservatives should be into pot legalization.
A&E's Trump Dynasty explores the president's family and business history but doesn't do justice to the corrupt New York culture surrounding it.
Ronna McDaniel's CPAC comments are latest indication that the Republican National Committee will tilt heavily Trump in 2020.
"This isn't a partisan issue," the Utah senator says. "This is a constitutional issue."
Trump's tariffs keep harming American businesses and consumers.
"I can only warn you that the people who follow Trump as I did, blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that I did."
Plus: Using "fake news" to justify censorship, and Elizabeth Warren's childcare plan
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"We have to make sure that each branch stays within its own lane and Congress retains its power over the purse."
It's an attempt to make an end-run around congressional spending authority.
Like Hillary Clinton, the senator seems to think that Libya is a foreign policy success story.
More than 200 Democrats-plus one Republican-co-sponsor a joint resolution against Trump's national emergency declaration.
Easing pot prohibition is doing what the failed war on drugs never could.
Trump could destroy American jobs and America's relationship with Germany at the same time.
American cars with foreign parts will suffer too.
Without a realistic avenue to complete the project, why would they keep helping pay?
In a case brought by the City of Philadelphia, the court struck down a Justice Department policy conditioning federal law enforcement grants on assisting federal immigration enforcement policy.
President George W. Bush was once attacked by the same people for rejecting the very same policy.
Congress seems to have authorized this end run around its spending power. Can it do that?
"Extraordinary conditions do not create or enlarge constitutional power."
The socialist wave may be more of a media-bubble thing than any sort of legitimate groundswell.
How an independent helped shape the Democratic policy agenda.
Trump has exhibited a "flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles engrained in the United States Constitution," the suit reads.
Bargaining over policy is supposed to be frustrating. That's a feature, not a bug, of limited government.
As the investigation turns on the Empire star, it's important not to confuse "reality" with "narrative."
Trump is routinely accused, with good reason, of distorting the facts and failing to face reality. It's time for his critics to take a good long look in the mirror.
A variety of legal experts weigh in on the subject, including me. Most conclude Trump may have the authority to declare an emergency, but not to spend funds and seize property for the wall.
For his new book, Timothy Carney toured parts of the country that are working and parts that are not. What he found is deeply disturbing.
Under a little-known regulation that dates back to the 1930s, the president has legal power over electronic transmissions.
The first semi-declared 2020 GOP challenger comes out blazing against the president while trying to wriggle off the hook about his recent Libertarian past.
So far, Trump's efforts to subsidize his coal cronies have failed.
"But I wanted to do it faster."
They got nothing in return for handing Trump money except for a national emergency.
There is no good justification for what the president is doing. Republicans and conservatives need to call him out on it.
Plus: Congress forgets to fund the First Step Act, The New York Times chastises smug politicians over Amazon, and what if the U.S. were 100 city-states?
A summary of the reasons why Trump lacks the power to use emergency powers to build his border wall, and why it would cause great harm and set a dangerous precedent if he did. Other than that, it's a great idea!
Trump won't rely on Congress to fund his 200 miles of border wall.
Pro-choice, Obama-supporting "Libertarian for life" will take a "substantial" move Friday toward competing for the Republican presidential nomination.
Amash had an interesting reason for not voting "yes."
"I was very concerned that I was able to put the Russia case on absolutely solid ground," the former FBI deputy director says.
Steel manufacturers spent $12.2 million lobbying the federal government in 2018, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the previous year.
Noah Rothman says the right and the left are using appeals to victimization and identity politics to gain political power.
The city was among the safest in the country long before the wall was built.
Make no mistake about it, avoiding another shutdown is for the best.
Congressional leaders have reached a compromise. But Trump will have the final say.
Until we fundamentally reframe the immigration debate in terms of human freedom rather than fear, we're not going to see real reform.