Constitutional law is frequently thrown around as a justification without people fulling understanding the document. From Speaker Pelosi believing she’s President Trump’s co-equal, to air traffic controllers demanding pay and senators wanting to know more about the president’s finances, constitutional law often arises. But are any of those justifications valid? Richard Epstein, the Hoover Institution’s Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and the voice behind “The Libertarian” podcast, examines what the Constitution does and doesn’t allow in terms of executive power and impeachment proceedings.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court has become a center of political authority, challenging the separation of powers and placing new pressure on Congress to reassert its constitutional role.
September 22, 2026 • 3 Min Watch
Essays
Brazil’s Supreme Court has evolved into the new locus of Brazilian patrimonialism, reproducing historical patterns of concentrated, entrenched power. This development can be traced to institutional choices embedded in the state’s 1988 constitution, compounded by judicial self-expansion and political acquiescence.
September 22, 2026
Articles
I chaired Britain’s All-Party-Parliamentary Commission Report on the October 7 massacres, which detailed each of the 1,182 deaths that took place that day. It became very clear to me while doing that, and also while visiting kibbutzim and the Nova Festival site in southern Israel, that Hamas had very deliberately fostered the sheer frenzy that was seen during its 48-hour-long killing spree on October 7 and 8, 2023.
September 20, 2026
