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Davenport: Obama’s end run around the Constitution

by David Davenportvia townhall.com
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

David Davenport, counselor to the director and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, notes, on Townhall.com, that President Obama is issuing executive orders because of his frustration with Congress but that executive orders should follow laws enacted by Congress. Instead President Obama is using them to start new policy initiatives that he cannot get through Congress, which is an end run around the Constitution.

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The Benefits of Federalism

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Richard Epstein the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, examines the economic benefits of federalism and proscribes solutions for states that are currently placing themselves at a competitive disadvantage.

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Benjamin Wittes

Podcast: Cyberwarfare, biotechnology, and robotics

by Benjamin Wittesvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, February 11, 2013

Benjamin Wittes, a member of the Jean Perkins Task Force on National Security and Law at the Hoover Institution, examines cyberwarfare, as well as the potential dangers arising from biotechnology and robotics, and looks at what the Obama Administration can do to address these growing national security challenges.

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Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation

Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation by Hoover fellow Peter Berkowitz

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Hoover Institution Press released Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation, by Peter Berkowitz. Berkowitz contends that constitutional conservatism encompasses a distinguished tradition of defending liberty that stretches from the great eighteenth century British statesman Edmund Burke through the authoritative exposition of the Constitution in The Federalist to the high points of post-World War II American conservatism.

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Epstein discusses whether the Boy Scouts can survive letting gays in on WSJ’s Opinion Journal

via Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal)
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Richard Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, weighs in on the pressure the Boy Scouts are facing to admit gays. Epstein discusses court cases related to freedom of expression and First Amendment rights.

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Russell D. Roberts

Seidman on the Constitution

by Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, February 4, 2013

In this podcast Russell Roberts, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and EconTalk host, discusses, with Louis Michael Seidman of Georgetown University, the United States Constitution. Seidman argues that we should ignore the Constitution in designing public policy, relying instead on the merits of policies regardless of their constitutionality.

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Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow

Hanson discusses immigration reform on KVI’s John Carlson Show

by Victor Davis Hansonvia John Carlson Show
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Victor Davis Hanson, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, weighing in on the latest political maneuverings on immigration reform, says what he thinks needs to be addressed to accomplish true immigration reform.

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Obama vs Romney

What Did the Founders Think They Were Doing?

by Harvey C. Mansfieldvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 25, 2013

Why do we vote, and what do we get for our trouble? By Harvey C. Mansfield.

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The Briefing: Second Term Challenges - header

Second Term Challenges

Thursday, January 24, 2013

As Barack Obama begins his second term as president of the United States, the nation faces a range of formidable challenges at the intersection of which are national security and law.

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The New New Deal

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 25, 2013

It’s the spirit of 1932: unsustainable transfers of wealth, vague new “rights” (billed to the taxpayer), and a record of failure. By Richard A. Epstein.

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