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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Intelligence and Security with James Woolsey
James Woolsey discusses the failure of the intelligence community in the run-up to the Iraq war and considers Barak Obama’s selection of Leon Panetta to head the CIA in light of the historical relationship between the president and the CIA director. He outlines the challenges the intelligent community faces in what he calls America’s war against “theocratic totalitarianism.” Finally, he asserts that it is imperative for us to destroy oil as a strategic commodity – not only for our security but also for the good of the planet. (36:56 ) Video transcript
FBI Director James Comey’s Remarks Today
I have been unable to find video or audio of FBI Director James Comey’s remarks today adding to his prior attribution of the Sony hack to North Korea. Nor has the FBI itself released the text. That said, Fortune magazine has published the following, describing it as “Comey’s remarks in full”:
FBI Director James Comey Speaks at Kenyon College
Wednesday evening finds me at Kenyon College, at a conference on privacy, where I will speaking tomorrow on a combination of this paper and some work I have been doing recently on sexual extortion online.
Why shouldn't law clinics help farmers?
The Opportunity Costs of Ignoring the Law of Sea Convention in the Arctic
The paper first briefly surveys the extent to which the provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) intersect with those of US interests in the Arctic. Not surprisingly, there is extensive overlap. The paper then reviews and critiques the arguments that (UNCLOS) is irrelevant or even antithetical to achieving those. interests; it then examines the case for UNCLOS, focusing on US interests on the Arctic seafloor and arguing that those interests are extensive and that accession would...
The Tricky Issue Of Severing US “Control” Over ICANN
I have written an essay for Hoover’s The Briefing series entitled The Tricky Issue of Severing US “Control” Over ICANN. Tomorrow the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee will have an important hearing on this subject.
Making Progress On The Encryption Debate
In a recent debate between NSA director Mike Rogers and Yahoo Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos, the topic of law-enforcement restricted access to encrypted communications once again came up.
The U.S. Intelligence Community And Non-Neutral Principles
Last week, Ben’s NSA Constitution Day speech emerged after a long “declassification” process. One puzzle Ben grapples with in this speech is why reasonable, educated Americans have–and will continue to have–such a high level of discomfort with what the NSA and other intelligence agencies do.
The Hard Questions
New technologies are always a mixed blessing, their potential for good carrying with it the risk of evil. The deep challenge for a democracy is to develop legal rules, social practices and institutional arrangements that, at some reasonable cost, separate good from bad behavior.
Governor Brown Signs Executive Order B-29-15 Announcing First-Ever California Mandatory State Water Reductions
On April 1 (No April Fool’s Joke), 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed a seven-page Executive Order that imposed 25% mandatory water reduction in 2015 over 2013 usage for urban areas, commercial, industrial, and institutional properties (campuses, golf courses, cemeteries), along with other restrictions.
The Public Choice Behind Carbon Taxes
Jerry Taylor of the Niskanen Center, who co-authored an excellent piece, "Energy," in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, has a post titled "Oil and Gas Industry Opinions about Climate Change."
Dear FDA, Step Aside So We Might Live
Patients suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease shouldn’t have to plead with bureaucrats to try potentially lifesaving drugs.
'Man-Made Disaster': Critics Say California Drought Caused By Misguided Environment Policies
The blistering drought that has Californians timing their showers, driving dirty cars and staring at brown lawns and empty swimming pools is a “man-made disaster,” according to critics, who say the Golden State’s misguided environmental policies allow much-needed freshwater to flow straight into the Pacific.
Property rights and wrongs
In 1978, Wayne and Jean Hage purchased a 7,000-acre ranch in Nevada...
Supreme Court deals major blow to environmentalists
Global warming lawsuit twists concept of public trust
Big Government As The New Terminator
Social observers from Aristotle and Juvenal to James Madison and George Orwell have all warned of the dangers of out-of-control government. Lately, we have seen plenty of proof that they were frighteningly correct.
Finish Construction On Dakota Access Now
Right now the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is poised to hear an appeal from a September 9, 2016 decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg that refused, at the request of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST), to enjoin the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in an area near and around Lake Oahe in North Dakota.
Next Steps For Judge Boasberg In Dakota Access: Let DAPL Remain Operational
Days before summer on June 14, 2017, Judge James Boasberg issued his latest opinion in the long-running dispute by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) and the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Judge Boasberg’s opinion was something of a cliffhanger, with its final episodes yet to be written.
How To Destroy Pandora's iPhone
Director James Comey claims that the FBI is simply carrying out a diligent investigation in San Bernardino. Put bluntly, I doubt this for two reasons. First, the FBI and public already has enough knowledge to know there is likely no valuable information to be obtained from the phone in question.