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The Impeachment Handbook With John Yoo & Richard Epstein
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interview with John Yoo, Richard A. Epsteinvia Uncommon Knowledge
An Immigration Game Plan For The New Congress
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by Edward Paul Lazearvia Wall Street Journal
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Lanhee Chen on Bloomberg TV
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What Happened in 2014? — Examining the Midterms with David Brady and Morris Fiorina
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by David Brady, Morris P. Fiorinavia Fellow Talks
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The Solution to Border Disorder
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by Jeb Bush, Clint Bolickvia Wall Street Journal

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Analysis and Commentary

Congressional Consumers Uber Alles

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Usually in every microeconomics course I teach, there comes a time when I make the point that there is a fundamental difference between taxicab regulation in Washington, D.C. and taxicab regulation in virtually every other American city. In the latter, local governments restrict the number of taxicabs, creating rents for those who have the permits.

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The 2014 Congressional Elections in Historical Perspective

by David Bradyvia Fellow Talks
Thursday, October 2, 2014

David Brady, Hoover deputy director and the Davies Family Senior Fellow, compares congressional elections from the 1880s to the present, emphasizing eras of uncertainty, party parity, and surges in independent voters.

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Midterm Elections: Where are we headed?

interview with David Brady, Douglas Riversvia Fellow Talks
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

RealClearPolitics and the Hoover Institution host four of the country's preeminent political scientists and journalists for an intimate discussion on what lies ahead for us in November.

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Bill Whalen on the John Batchelor Show (26:48)

interview with Bill Whalenvia John Batchelor Show
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Research Fellow Bill Whalen discusses US Politics on the John Batchelor Show.

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Lanhee Chen on Reality Check

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia NBC
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Research Fellow Lanhee Chen discusses legislation stuck in the Senate on NBC's Reality Check.

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Paul Gregory on the John Batchelor Show (19:15)

interview with Paul R. Gregoryvia John Batchelor Show
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Research Fellow Paul Gregory discusses potential Republican legislation to address the crisis in Ukraine on the John Batchelor Show.

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The Demilitarization Of Congress

by Bill Whalenvia A Day At The Races
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

On this, Veterans Day and the centenary of the first year of the conflict that prompted the holiday observance (one that too many Americans confuse with the other observance in May), consider this sobering chart:

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The Poverty of Obama's Pragmatism

by Peter Berkowitzvia Real Clear Politics
Sunday, November 9, 2014

During his meteoric rise to the White House, President Obama was touted as a pragmatist -- one who overcomes ideology, transcends partisanship, and focuses on the practical and doable. The stunning repudiation of the president’s leadership on Nov. 4 exhibits the poverty of his brand of pragmatism.

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The Complexities in an Islamic State AUMF

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Friday, November 7, 2014

In August I described a politically palatable AUMF against the Islamic State (IS).  What was politically palatable in August is not necessarily politically palatable after three months of air strikes, however, and will likely be even less so when a new and different-looking Congress comes to power next year. 

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So Much For Mourning In America

by Bill Whalenvia A Day At The Races
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Arriving in my inbox yesterday afternoon: an email from the Ready for Hillary Super PAC.The reason for the correspondence? To congratulate Democrats — a lot of them now out of work — for fighting the good fight? To encouraging a President now seriously wounded to stand firm against a GOP Congress?

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