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Andrew Kent is a professor at Fordham University School of Law and holds the John D. Feerick Research Chair.

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Executive Power

Faithful Execution of the Office and Laws: New Research on the Original Meaning of Article II

Andrew Kent   Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 10:34 AM

Writing here at Lawfare in the early days of the Trump administration, Benjamin Wittes and Quinta Jurecic zeroed in on a central dilemma of this presidency: What happens when the occupant of the office is unable to sincerely and credibly swear the constitutional oath, required by Article II, to “faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States”?

FBI

Congress Should Reconsider Giving the FBI Director Independence from Presidential Control

Andrew Kent   Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 9:00 AM

Although Christopher Wray seems like a reasonable choice to lead the FBI, appointing a decent new director will do little to cure the terrible damage done by President Trump’s dismissal of James Comey in the middle of his ten-year term because Trump disliked the FBI’s pursuit of the Russia investigations.

Refugees

Ex parte Milligan and the Fourth Circuit’s Travel Ban Decision

Andrew Kent   Tue, May 30, 2017, 11:19 AM

A Civil War-era decision about military commission trials took center stage in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s en banc decision last week upholding a district court injunction against President Trump’s second travel ban. The very first sentence of the Fourth Circuit’s majority opinion declares:

The Russia Connection

The Scope of the Mueller Probe: Will the Public Learn What Was Uncovered?

Andrew Kent   Sat, May 20, 2017, 10:19 AM

There are a lot of unanswered questions about the probe new special counsel Robert Mueller will lead into the Trump-Russia issues. I want to offer some thoughts on two questions that are already being raised: what is Mueller’s jurisdiction, and will the public learn what he uncovers?

At the Atlantic, David Frum writes: