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Many of the those arguing that overruling Morrison v. Olson wouldn’t impact Mueller’s independence have cited Morrison as the basis for arguing against a bill intended to reaffirm Mueller’s independence.
If Judge Kavanaugh’s writings on special counsel investigations really influenced Trump’s decision to nominate him, then Trump is a bigger fool than I imagined.
American Institute for International Steel lawsuit questions the constitutionality of delegation of power under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.
Why one conclusion in George Conway’s recent Lawfare article appears hasty.
What does it mean, in the face of profound ugliness on the part of the executive branch, to declare the judgment of that ugliness to be outside the authority of the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court sought to nudge the president toward more civil rhetoric. But the majority rejected claims that the travel ban exceeded the scope of congressional delegation under the Immigration and Nationality Act or violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause.
Over the last week, litigation has piled up relating to the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant parents from children at the U.S. border—and the president's June 20 executive order on the issue is likely to precipitate even more lawsuits.
Why have thoughtful lawyers concluded that the president may constitutionally pardon himself when the conventional determinants of constitutionality so consistently indicate the opposite?
This president’s grants of clemency have debased the pardon power and are an affront to the justice system and the rule of law.
A review of the half-dozen times that the executive branch has addressed the question of whether a president can be prosecuted, indicted or included as an unindicted co-conspirator.