The House Intelligence Committee chair will “be working through the recess” to get more information on President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
Law & Justice
Posted inCivil Rights in America
It’s Time for the Democratic Candidates to Talk About the Muslim Ban
Trump’s policy is no longer in the spotlight, but the ban on visitors from Muslim-majority countries is still separating American families.
Posted inDay One Agenda
The Little Agency That Could (Block All Good Regulations)
The Day One agenda is dependent on the functions of OIRA, an obscure federal agency that acts as a bottleneck for agency rules and regulations.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Make Marijuana Effectively Legal
By rescheduling cannabis as a less dangerous narcotic, the next president can upend the drug war and the damaging effects on communities of color.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Real Trouble With Emoluments
The constitutional prohibition does not require proof of bribery.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Sonia Sotomayor Fears for the Judiciary—and for Justice
Last week, Trump took his fight against asylum seekers straight to the top, and the Supreme Court okayed it. Sotomayor and Ginsburg thought that set a scary precedent.
Posted inLaw and Justice
High Crimes With Impunity
Constitutional scholar Frank Bowman III discusses his new book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Uber Goes Back to Basics: Violating the Law
By announcing it would not comply with a California law reclassifying its workers as employees, Uber is returning to the company’s time-honored tradition as a scofflaw.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is Trump’s Justice Department Trying to Discredit All Antitrust?
Its plainly political investigation of auto companies that agreed to California’s emission standards is just that absurd.
