Congress
Emergency Powers Reform Within Grasp
Jack Goldsmith, Bob Bauer Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 8:14 AM
There is clear bipartisan support for National Emergencies Act reform with an IEEPA exclusion.
Bob Bauer served as White House Counsel to President Obama. In 2013, the President named Bob to be Co-Chair of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. He is a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law, as well as the co-director of the university's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic. In 2020, he served as a senior advisor to the Biden campaign.
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congressional oversight
The Way Forward on Congressional Subpoena Reform
Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith Tue, Nov 9, 2021, 10:07 AM
A bill before the House could give Congress what it needs in its conflicts with the executive branch while acknowledging executive branch prerogatives and broader constitutional traditions.
Congress
Inspector General Reform on the Table
Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 3:23 PM
A selective guide to the upcoming debates on inspector general reform
Book Reviews
Angry Political Man
Bob Bauer Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 2:06 PM
A review of Elie Honig, “Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department” (Harper, July 2021).
Election Administration
The Danger of the Moment
Bob Bauer Mon, May 24, 2021, 3:01 PM
Donald Trump is promoting, and his party is using various means of achieving, a politicized electoral process in which politicians would have more power to direct the running of elections in their self-interest.
Impeachment
Reflections on Reform of the Impeachment Process
Bob Bauer Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 10:59 AM
Congress needs to clearly establish the Senate’s role in fact-finding during impeachment and define the procedure as a constitutional, not a legal, process.
Impeachment
Trump’s Answer to the Senate and the Constitutional Stakes in the Pending Trial
Bob Bauer Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 11:22 AM
The overriding question in the pending trial is whether the Senate trial will be the occasion for a seminal judgment on Trump’s conception of the office of the presidency.