by jpitney | Jun 9, 2021 | Constitution, Presidency
At AEI, Gary Schmitt and Joseph Bessette have a report titled “The First Congress Establishes the Unitary Executive.” Key points: Congress wrote the statutes establishing the new government’s Departments of Foreign Affairs, War, and Treasury, placing...
by jpitney | May 24, 2021 | Budget, Congress, Presidency
James C. Capretta at AEI: While the BAA [Budget and Accounting Act of 1921] empowered the executive branch with a centralized budget process, it did not resolve an ever-present tension in American government, which is that there is no regularized process for...
by jpitney | Apr 2, 2021 | Constitution, Impeachment, Presidency
At AEI, Joseph M. Bessette and Gary J. Schmitt have a report titled “Crafting a Republican Executive: The Presidency and the Constitutional Convention.” Key points: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 knew the young nation needed a strong executive that...
by jpitney | Mar 27, 2021 | Budget, Congress, Economic Policy, Presidency
On March 25, AEI and Claremont McKenna College’s Salvatori Center hosted a panel of experts to assess whether Congress can regain control over the nation’s finances and thus fortify representative government. After an introduction from AEI’s John C. Fortier, AEI’s...
by jpitney | Feb 15, 2021 | Presidency
This Presidents Day, join Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt for a “masterclass” to understand the Articles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, how a bill becomes a law, the concept of...
by jpitney | Feb 14, 2021 | Congress, Constitution, Impeachment, Presidency
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE): “An impeachment trial is a public declaration of what a president’s oath of office means and what behavior that oath demands of presidents in the future. But here’s the sad reality: If we were talking about a Democratic president, most...
