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13 Nov 2022, 9:01 pm by Laurence H. Tribe
After all, nobody claimed that President Biden, or the Executive Branch he heads, has inherent presidential power to forgive debts owed to the United States, a kind of fiscal parallel to the “pardon power” that Article II, Section 2, expressly confers on the President to “Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. [read post]
29 Oct 2022, 5:57 am by jonathanturley
Silencing opposing views has become an article of faith for many on the left, including leading Democratic leaders from President Joe Biden to former President Barack Obama. [read post]
11 Oct 2022, 6:05 am by Oona Hathaway
President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump made similar choices in previous iterations of the PPM, the Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG) and Principles, Standards, and Procedures (PSP) respectively. [read post]
9 Oct 2022, 9:04 pm by Eric W. Orts
Thomas argues that the Second Amendment enshrines an individual right to carry arms following a tradition going back to the first kings of England. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  Caroline makes the crucial point that we must ultimately pay close attention to the characters and dispositions of those individuals who actually inhabit political office, whether in the legislature, executive, or judiciary, and the potential ease with which institutions can be used for nefarious purposes by those determined to do so, without ever engaging in old-fashioned coups. [read post]
According to the paper, “Trump advisers deny any nefarious intent and said the boxes contained mementos, gifts, letters from world leaders and other correspondence,” including “correspondence with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un” and “a letter left for Trump by President Barack Obama. [read post]
Other examples are former Idaho AG Larry Echo Hawk, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009 to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, as well as Gale Norton, former AG of Colorado and then US Secretary of Interior, appointed by President George W. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 9:22 am by jonathanturley
One of the lowest points was the State of the Union address by former President Barack Obama when he announced that he intended to go it alone in achieving his policy goals, refusing to yield to the actions of Congress. [read post]
26 Jun 2022, 9:01 pm by Joseph Margulies
Events since the presidential election of 2020 have led a great many people to fear for the future of democracy in the United States. [read post]
27 May 2022, 6:00 am by jonathanturley
  Both President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama have blamed the gun lobby for the violence in calling for new major gun controls. [read post]
16 May 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The Supreme Court majority for something like Justice Alito’s draft would not exist were it not for then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s stonewalling of President Barack Obama’s nominee, Donald Trump’s unexpected 2016 Electoral College v [read post]
5 May 2022, 6:28 pm by jonathanturley
Pundits and politicians, including President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama, have justified their calls for censorship (or “content moderation” for polite company) by stressing that the First Amendment only applies to the government, not private companies. [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 8:50 am by Tess Bridgeman
A month later, President Barack Obama announced his intention to launch a full-scale counter-IS campaign in both Iraq and Syria. [read post]
28 Apr 2022, 4:52 am by Emma Snell
Nato itself does not provide weapons but the alliance’s 30 individual member states have been coordinating supplies of increasingly lethal and heavy weaponry in response to requests from Ukraine. [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 4:51 am by Emma Snell
Former President Trump yesterday called for Russia and Ukraine to reach an agreement to end the war. [read post]
17 Mar 2022, 5:01 am by Etta Lanum
In 2016, National Security Council spokesman Ned Price expressed then-president Barack Obama’s support for extending the registration requirement to women. [read post]
While the President recognizes that individual subsidies to cover internet costs may be needed in the short term, he believes continually providing subsidies to cover the cost of overpriced internet service is not the right long-term solution for consumers or taxpayers. [read post]
In 2011, former President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13567 to establish a process to regularly review the cases of individuals detained at Guantánamo Bay and created the Periodic Review Board (PRB). [read post]