Why the president can’t just fire bureaucrats Andrew Rudalevige - September 20, 2023 The "unitary executive theory" has its limits
Democratic and Republican administrations have long agreed on one thing — discriminating against Haitian refugees Niambi M. Carter - September 23, 2021 The U.S. special envoy resigned to protest the deportations.
No, Trump is not attempting a ‘coup.’ Here’s why the distinction matters. Erica De Bruin - November 11, 2020 It’s important that we describe the crisis accurately. That will shape our response.
Republican elites are playing with fire. Here’s what nuclear strategists would tell them. Henry Farrell and Elizabeth N. Saunders - November 10, 2020 Even those who don’t take Trump’s assault on democracy seriously are dancing on the edge of political Armageddon
New survey: Yes, Americans will give up liberties to fight the coronavirus Rebecca Sanders and Jack Mewhirter - September 28, 2020 The pandemic raises trade-offs between individual freedom and public safety
Republicans’ Supreme Court gambit may backfire. Here’s how. Robinson Woodward-Burns - September 23, 2020 Democrats can play constitutional hardball, too
Trump fired a federal prosecutor investigating his allies. Can he do that? Anne Joseph O’Connell - June 24, 2020 Here’s what you need to know about this Friday night massacre — and why it matters
Right-wing websites are demonizing ‘antifa.’ Here’s how they portray the threat. Curd Knüpfer - June 24, 2020 My research found that 27 right-wing websites were strikingly in sync in creating the impression of a menacing, indistinct threat
Barr says there’s no systemic racism in policing. Our data says the attorney general is wrong. Emma Pierson - June 19, 2020 We analyzed data from nearly 100 million police stops from 2011 to 2018
The pandemic challenges democracies — but really hurts dictators Michael Albertus - April 30, 2020 Here’s how the economic fallout may fray domestic political alliances
Foreign hackers have made it harder for the U.S. to prosecute them Tim Maurer and Garrett Hinck - April 7, 2020 The Justice Department dropped charges against these two Russian companies
The Trump administration said that militarizing the police reduces crime. Is that true? Kenneth Lowande and Ayse Eldes - February 25, 2020 That conclusion is based on flawed data.
Trump tweets that he’s America’s chief law enforcement officer. That’s only true if others let him be. William D. Adler - February 19, 2020 Impartial law enforcement is critical for democracy.
William Barr thinks China is stealing American technology. Can the U.S. halt the exchange of knowledge? Yeling Tan and Peter A. Hall - February 14, 2020 U.S. companies — and the scientific community — could lose out in the long term.
Bolton alleges that Trump helped out China’s leader on ZTE. What’s ZTE? Henry Farrell - January 28, 2020 Trump let a Chinese telecommunications firm off the hook after hearing from China’s president
What Bill Barr doesn’t understand about the office of attorney general Cornell W. Clayton - December 17, 2019 The U.S. attorney general’s office started in the judicial branch, not the executive — and has never been entirely under presidential control
Barr blames lawyers for undermining the president’s power. Actually, they helped build it. Amanda Hollis-Brusky - November 18, 2019 Federalist Society lawyers are the architects in chief of the “imperial presidency.”
The Trump administration keeps making it harder to claim asylum. Here’s how — and why. Mneesha Gellman - August 15, 2019 Attorney General William P. Barr unilaterally changed the rules.
The Trump administration wants to be able to break into your encrypted data. Here’s what you need to know. Tim Maurer and Garrett Hinck - July 29, 2019 And so do governments around the world.
No, a downed drone does not give Trump the authority to start a war. He still needs congressional authorization. Andrew Rudalevige - June 22, 2019 Two articles of the Constitution and two statutes offer guidance.
Here’s why Pelosi won’t allow the House to pursue impeachment — at least not yet Sarah Binder - June 14, 2019 But the speaker is giving investigating committees more freedom — and that matters.
King Crimson, ‘The Letters’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - May 2, 2019 The Mueller letter.
How the Mueller report reminds us of Watergate Andrew Rudalevige - April 19, 2019 Four curious echoes of the iconic White House abuse of power.
Willie Williams, ‘Armagideon Time’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - April 19, 2019 The report arrives!
The attorney general’s FBI conspiracy theory is all conspiracy and no theory Henry Farrell - April 16, 2019 (Courtesy of Princeton University Press)Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum’s new