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President Trump’s nomination of Robert Wilkie to serve as veterans affairs secretary disqualifies him from continuing to serve as the acting secretary. Does that mean the White House doesn’t understand the Federal Vacancies Reform Act?
The Obama administration made the Iran deal in a way it knew was easy for its successor to break.
The special counsel would probably prevail in court—but it is not a sure thing.
The attorney general should withdraw the 2014 Office of Legal Counsel opinion contending that DACA is lawful.
A brief explainer on the common legal and policy objections to proposed legislation that would protect the special counsel investigation—and why they are ultimately unavailing.
Does the president’s oath of office require him to uphold the Constitution as the judiciary understands it, or as he does?
Why the government should release the Syria War Powers memo.
A careful analysis of the attorney general’s letter to the Department of Homeland Security regarding DACA.
Expert witnesses testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the president's authority to use nuclear weapons.
Trump’s official policy memorandum is full of factual inaccuracies and ambiguities.