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12 Jul 2010, 9:23 pm by Nicole Huberfeld
The heart of the book is the discussion of James Madison’s ideas regarding the need for the national legislature to negate state laws in order to protect the coherence and power of the national government. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
He lived through the deprivations imposed upon his men and defended democracy by refusing invitations to become a monarch. [read post]
9 Oct 2023, 3:50 pm by Ilya Somin
His first trip had been rushed, he told the monarchs, but on his next he was sure he could amass "slaves in any number they may order. [read post]
8 Dec 2020, 6:16 am by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento
A life-long fine art painter, he was never shy about praising his former art students such as Alton Bowman, Jane Goldman, James Havard, Bruce Kunkle, Noel Mahaffey, Ross Merrill, Tom Palmore, Roy Perkinson, Marty Ray, David Searcy, Anne Weary, Robert “Bob” Yarber and Willie Wayne Young. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 10:54 am by John Floyd
For example, as George Mason University Professor of Public Policy James Pfiffner has observed: the president cannot pardon “before an offense has been committed, which would give the President the power to waive the laws. [read post]
24 Jan 2016, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
Thursday, January 28, 2016  |  James Rathz When the Supreme Court interprets the U.S. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 2:55 pm by Ilya Somin
" As Wilson explains, monarchs and other similar rulers might have a right of sovereign immunity against their "subjects. [read post]
17 Feb 2022, 9:03 pm by Omar Khodor
WHAT WE’RE READING THIS WEEK In an article in the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, James R. [read post]
5 Feb 2007, 12:05 am
What the Congress gains by stopping a runaway President it loses by weakening the principle of civilian control in encouraging the military to act as a counterweight to the White House.All this came to mind as I considered this despairing analysis by James Fallows, who is greatly worried that the Bush Administration may soon find an excuse to attack Iran:If we could trust the Administration's ability to judge America's rational self-interest, there would be no need to constrain… [read post]
7 Feb 2021, 9:05 pm by Paul R. Verkuil
For William of Orange to ascend to the throne, he had to marry a Stuart (Mary II) and submit to the English Bill of Rights, thereby becoming the first constitutional monarch as part of the Glorious Revolution. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 10:50 am
And this number James II increased to 30,000; who were paid out of his civil list. [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 5:57 am
The too much is the selling of impeachment as the bulwark against Presidential abuse of power: Henry's objections were numerous, but one of them was that Madison had created a president who could too easily become an absolute monarch or a tyrant. . . . [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 3:31 pm by David Kopel
The English Bill of Rights aimed to rectify the past abuses of monarchs, including the despotic King James II, who was overthrown in 1688 partly because of attempt to disarm the English people and rule via the force of a standing army. [read post]
24 Jul 2020, 8:36 am by Andrew Kent
English monarchs sometimes abused their prerogative to pardon, and therefore the American framers were well aware of both the benefits and risks of a broad pardon power. [read post]
The extent to which federal obstruction of justice statutes apply to the president, especially when concerning actions facially within the office’s powers under Article II, has been hotly contested at least since President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. [read post]
8 Aug 2013, 10:37 pm by Jim Walker
James Alan Fox, published an article earlier this week which contains a great deal of unsubstantiated and misleading opinions about crime on cruise ships. [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
  And although his argument was initially framed in the midst of 19th century German political debates about the limits of monarchical power, it transcended its context. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 7:34 am by Andrew Kent
May a president invoke Article II removal powers to fire senior law enforcement personnel—say, FBI director James Comey—if the sole or overriding purpose is to protect himself or close associates from a solidly predicated criminal investigation? [read post]