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Partisan polarization has brought the Age of Futile Impeachments into full blossom. Perhaps there is a better way to condemn a president’s actions.
An excerpt adapted from the authors’ new book, “Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump” (William Morrow, 2022).
The D.C. Circuit ruled in Trump v. Mazars. Can the House Oversight Committee access former President Trump's financial records?
The committee chair and vice chair told the story of Jan. 6 as a day of oaths upheld and broken.
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.
As Congress considers various reforms, including the Power of the Purse Act, both historical and contemporary context is useful.
Congress is capable of enforcing executive branch subpoenas itself, without reliance on the courts. But it will require revisiting and reforming how it exercises its contempt powers.
What do recent court decisions mean for the future of congressional oversight?
A deep dive into the embattled agency.
A Justice Department veteran testified last week that attorneys in the Antitrust Division were ordered to open unfounded investigations targeted at companies Attorney General Barr dislikes. If true, this is deeply troubling.