As Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi will be in a position to make the next critical move.
Bruce Ackerman
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, and the author, most recently, of Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law (Harvard University Press, 2019).
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Pelosi Made the Right Choice on Iran
There were two ways to stop Trump’s unilateral war-making, and the Speaker chose the one he can’t veto.
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Trump’s War Against Iran Is an Impeachable Offense
What the president has already done justifies a third article of impeachment.
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Why Are ‘Liberal Democrats’ Leading the Constitutional Campaign Against the Wealth Tax?
Recent critiques of the proposed levies hinge on breathing new life into the Constitutional Convention’s infamous compromise with slavery.
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How Biden Could Fix the Senate
If Biden is willing to exercise the power granted him in the Constitution, he could do more than pass health care. He could undo the filibuster rules that threaten to deadlock our system of government.
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Why We Need a Commission on Presidential Power
We should not look upon presidential lawlessness as if it were an odd aberration of the Bush years.
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The Great Repudiator?
If history is any guide, the next four years will be shaped by how Obama confronts the Bush administration’s abuses of power.
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Fixing the System Obama Broke
We need a fundamentally different way of allocating public funds to political candidates.
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An Inheritance for All
Hillary Clinton’s support for baby bonds is one of the boldest ideas we’ve seen so far in the campaign — and it could be funded by reinstating the federal estate tax.
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The Half-Trillion Dollar Solution
The real debate on Iraq begins with Congress’s consideration of the military budget. The president has requested almost three quarters of a trillion dollars to fund the military through September 30, 2008. More than $150 billion is earmarked for Iraq. We have already spent $350 billion there, so the president’s proposal pushes our Iraqi costs […]