by jpitney | Mar 31, 2020 | Congress, Constitution, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
In 2003, Rep. David Dreier explained why we should fill mass vacancies in the House through expedited special elections, not appointment: I think that Chairman Sensenbrenner has very ably focused on two of the authors of the Federalist, James Madison and Alexander...
by jpitney | Mar 4, 2020 | Congress, Constitution, Separation of Powers, Uncategorized
The House Rules Committee holds a hearing to examine the constitutional role of Congress in matters such as national emergencies, foreign policy, and government funding.
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2019 | Congress, Constitution, Senate, Uncategorized
Allan Matkins at The National Law Review: The United States Constitution vests the executive power of the federal government in the president, but his or her power is not entirely autonomous. Notably, Article II, Section 2 notably endows the president with the...
by jpitney | Nov 16, 2019 | Constitution, Populism
Yuval Levin at AEI: Populism and elitism are each in its way a kind of politics of hubris. Each is rooted in a plainly unreasonable view about the capacity of human beings — be it a select class or the people as a whole — to make just the right governing...
