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12 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm
The pattern began in 1795 when the Senate rejected George Washington’s pick for chief justice, John Rutledge. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 12:01 am
Edgar Hoover, who in 1919 was put in charge of the “Radical Division” at the F.B.I., eagerly stoked the flames, embarking on witch hunts for anyone deemed “suspicious”. [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 5:55 pm
It claimed that Russian or Russian-hired hackers tapped into the records of the Democratic National Committee as well as the correspondence of John Podesta, a Clinton advisor. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 12:56 pm
Crucial amid this landscape is Senator John McCain (R-AZ), who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee and has established himself as a fierce opponent of such abuses. 21 of Guantanamo’s remaining 60 prisoners have now been cleared for release by the detention center’s parole board, Carol Rosenberg reports at the Miami Herald. 29 prisoners are now “forever prisoners,” who will neither be tried nor released, while ten are being tried by military commission. [read post]
27 Nov 2016, 7:52 am
The paper also carries a review of Glen Jeansonne's Herbert Hoover: A Life. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 1:18 pm
Quinta also posted the Lawfare Podcast, this week featuring Bill Banks’ discussion of his book Soldiers on the Home Front at the Hoover Book Soiree. [read post]
20 Nov 2016, 12:00 am
Journal, Amity Shales reviews two new histories about Herbert Hoover and gives him some credit--or blame--for the New Deal. [read post]
19 Nov 2016, 11:49 am
(Carter did not get to appoint a Justice, but Hoover was able to name three). [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 6:57 am
When John F. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 3:30 am
For example, they might portray themselves as extremely skilled politicians (John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan), outstanding technocrats and problem solvers (Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter); or, as in Trump's case, outstanding deal makers. [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 12:51 pm
Secretary of State John Kerry thanked the government of Oman for its key role in facilitating negotiations with the Houthis. [read post]
31 Oct 2016, 4:02 am
On the jazz music side, I finally met McCoy Tyner, who played a few years with John Coltrane, and spent some time with Cecil Taylor and friends after his 1999 concert. [read post]
31 Oct 2016, 1:01 am
Edgar Hoover to initiate surveillance to ferret out Oppenheimer’s alleged Communist sympathies. [read post]
29 Oct 2016, 11:49 am
The Clinton forces are furious, with the candidate declaring that “we are 11 days out from perhaps the most important national election of our lifetimes, voting is already underway in our country, so the American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately,” and campaign chairman John Podesta saying, “It is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election. [read post]
15 Oct 2016, 7:35 am
Ashley Deeks uploaded a new paper from the Hoover Institution, entitled “The International Legal Dynamics of Encryption. [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 12:05 pm
Secretary of State John Kerry is again trying to resurrect efforts for a new cease-fire deal in Aleppo, notes the Times. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 12:47 pm
Roosevelt (FDR) was in fact the first President who challenged this system, by trying to remove an appointee from the Federal Trade Commission who had held over from the Herbert Hoover administration. [read post]
8 Oct 2016, 5:44 am
Brooks from the last Hoover Book Soiree. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 11:38 am
ICYMI: Yesterday, on Lawfare Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes announced the Hoover Book Soiree, which will feature David Priess’ new book on the history of presidential intelligence briefings. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 12:28 pm
Quinta Jurecic posted the Lawfare Podcast, featuring an interview with Rosa Brooks at the Hoover Book Soiree. [read post]
