Could a GOP president take over independent government agencies? Andrew Rudalevige - November 7, 2023 Here's what the law actually says.
Pelosi called Trump ‘morbidly obese.’ Voters don’t like overweight candidates. Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - June 5, 2020 Our new study looks at how weight matters in politics.
Part 2: What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws or dies before the election or inauguration? Joshua Tucker - May 14, 2020 Here’s the second part of the answer to that gloomy question.
What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate dies before the election or inauguration? Joshua Tucker and Richard H. Pildes - May 14, 2020 With a pandemic spreading and two presumptive nominees over 70, we had to ask.
Because China isn’t ‘Caucasian,’ the U.S. is planning for a ‘clash of civilizations.’ That could be dangerous. Steven Ward - May 4, 2019 The United States tried that with Japan. It didn’t end well.
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
Trump wants to reorganize the executive branch. Good luck with that. Andrew Rudalevige - March 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55439" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump talks before signing an
It’s always hard to win as the heir of a popular president. Clinton is in very good company. Donald Zinman - November 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49465" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Hillary Clinton concedes the presidential
Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau constitutional? The D.C. Circuit says no. Here’s why. Andrew Rudalevige - October 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48011" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was the
These 2 trends are what produced such a negative Republican National Convention Sidney Milkis and Boris Heersink - July 24, 2016 The Republican National Convention in July 2016 received mostly negative
Bernie Sanders thinks the Democratic primary process ‘distorts reality.’ Does history back this up? Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - April 17, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont recently said his
If Hillary Clinton is running for Obama’s ‘third term,’ she faces these challenges Donald Zinman - April 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_24542" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Mike Blake/Reuters)[/caption] So it looks as
One-third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice in an election year Barbara Perry - February 29, 2016 Eminent Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously described his fellow
Here’s why originalism won’t be buried with Scalia Amanda Hollis-Brusky - February 22, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36118" align="aligncenter" width="908"] President Obama and first lady Michelle
Strategic thinking on the Court: The decision to retire - June 4, 2009 On May 1, 2009, Justice David Souter announced his intention
Listening in on the presidential candidates: 1908 - October 11, 2008 I'm not making a commission on this, but anyway... It