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15 Mar 2017, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
This blog from Steve Quinlivan flags a recent Executive Order that could result in a major shake-up among federal agencies. [read post]
4 Mar 2017, 4:34 am by Benjamin Wittes
The Rational Security gang discussed the mysterious Kislyak and the Sessions saga, among other things, on “The Kislyak of Death” Edition of the podcast, which Benjamin Wittes posted: As the Trump administration tried to deflect questions about Russia connections, and as Sessions recused himself from any executive branch investigations into those connections, Susan Hennessey and Helen Murillo described the rules of congressional investigations and President Trump’s… [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 12:21 pm by Jordan Brunner
Foreign Policy adds that Trump’s buildup for the Navy and other service branches threatens to gut roughly ten percent of the Coast Guard’s already cash-strapped budget, which Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) warns could cripple the under-resourced department. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 7:43 pm
Governor Steve Beshear (former Governor of Kentucky) delivered the Democratic Party response (Democratic Response To Trump's Address To Congress, Annotated, NPR 28 Feb. 2017).The brief analysis followed in short order (here, here, here, here, here, and here). [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 9:59 am by Jordan Brunner
It remains unclear whether Steve Bannon, who is a member of the Principals Committee and has been invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings, will remain in his current role. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:50 am by Jordan Brunner
Panelists include Steve Grobman of Intel, Adam Klein of the Center for a New American Security, and Carrie Johnson of NPR. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 6:02 am by Bob Bauer
The White House Counsel would certainly have reviewed it, but he is new to the job and he may well have reasonably deferred to other lawyers within the executive branch on the fundamental question of whether it was properly drawn. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 9:30 pm by Justin S. Daniel
Senate confirmed Steve Mnuchin as Secretary of the U.S. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 5:00 am by Ryan Scoville
First, as Steve Vladeck has argued, the text is so vague that it might be unconstitutional. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 11:36 am by Peter Margulies
Din, a case cited by Steve and his fellow co-counsel, exemplifies the gap between hope and experience. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 8:00 am by Andrew Kent
There have been persistent arguments by conservative academics and some executive branch officials that the correct reading of the Constitution is that the president heads a “unitary” executive branch—an executive branch in which every agency head is removable from office by the president at will. [read post]
3 Feb 2017, 11:32 am by Jordan Brunner
Jane Chong expressed alarm at systematic alt-right world-building by Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn as indicated by changes in the CVE program. [read post]
3 Feb 2017, 8:39 am by Jim Sedor
Steve Bullock and confirmed by the Montana Senate. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 9:29 am by Peter Margulies
Moreover, Kennedy observed, the “pendular swings” prompted by this lack of checks on the political branches would ultimately make the lives of U.S. persons volatile and insecure. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 2:18 pm by Jordan Brunner
According to the Conference Report on the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, a Senate amendment “authorized the President to add any other officials in the executive branch [to the NSC] when confirmed therefor by the Senate. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 11:15 am by Jordan Brunner
Cody Poplin summarized Trump’s executive order on ethics commitments by executive branch officials. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 4:11 am by Edith Roberts
” At Just Security, Steve Vladeck observes that Hardiman joined an appeals court ruling holding that “non-citizens physically but not lawfully present on U.S. soil are not protected by the Constitution’s Suspension Clause–meaning that they have no constitutional right to judicial review, even if their detention and/or removal from the country is clearly unlawful,” and argues that this  position “should provoke questions from the Senate… [read post]
29 Jan 2017, 10:24 am by Jonathan Hafetz
Put simply, judges will be less likely to defer to knee-jerk extremism from a White House in which Steve Bannon is calling the shots or exercising influence. [read post]
28 Jan 2017, 8:07 pm by Nora Ellingsen
  Unsurprisingly, President Trump’s Executive Order suspending immigrant and refugee entry to the US has set off a firestorm of high-profile reactions. [read post]