Espionage Act of 1917 Archives

Biden’s broad marijuana pardon has precedents

Andrew Rudalevige - October 7, 2022

In some ways, it looks like Jimmy Carter’s amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers

Presidents can’t declassify documents with Green Lantern superpowers

Andrew Rudalevige and Kenneth Mayer - August 18, 2022

Let’s look at the many, many holes in Donald Trump’s theory of executive power.

Will governments use pandemic emergency orders to expand their powers indefinitely?

Chrystie Swiney - June 1, 2020

Two things — watchdogs and sunset provisions — help prevent governments from restricting rights indefinitely

Here’s what you need to know about the presidential power to pardon

Andrew Rudalevige - July 24, 2017

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/can-the-president-pardon-himself/2017/07/21/e1531082-6e3b-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_video.html Early Saturday morning, President Trump declared via tweet that

Here’s what data science tells us about Hillary Clinton’s emails

Rohan Shah and Matthew Connelly - November 2, 2016

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Has Obama delivered the 'most transparent' administration in history?

John Sides - March 16, 2015

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Has Obama delivered the ‘most transparent’ administration in history?

- March 16, 2015

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We Can’t Wait (Except When We Can)

Andrew Rudalevige - April 23, 2012

This weekend, former Nixon staffer Charles Colson died at the

Whistleblower vs. Leaker?

Joshua Tucker - June 9, 2011

I received an email from a Monkey Cage reader that