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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...
Torture By Tort
The Professor, The Cop And The President
On July 23, Henry Louis Gates—regarded at Harvard as America’s most eminent African-American academic—was cuffed and locked up for disorderly conduct by a Cambridge policeman named James Crowley.
The Power Of Protocol
The now infamous Cambridge, Mass., incident that started when Sgt. James Crowley investigated a report of a possible break-in at the home of Henry Louis Gates, the well-known African-American Harvard professor, has dominated this past week's news...
The 'Disparate Impact' Racket
The U.S. Department of Justice issued two reports last week, both growing out of the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown.
Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show (19:25)
Hoover fellow Richard Epstein discusses Ferguson and the Department of Justice's report that exonerated Darren Wilson, but the report still blames racism for unrest in Ferguson.
Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show (19:27)
Hoover fellow Richard Epstein uses case law to explain the historical development of antidiscrimination laws. Epstein discusses modern controversies involving religious liberty and proposes a classical liberal solution based on mutual tolerance.
The Contraception Hawks
An End To Racial Preferences At Last?
The Supreme Court could be ready to rule that racial discrimination is illegal, even if it is purportedly done for a good cause.
The Libertarian: “Race, Crime, And Policing”
Is the Ferguson effect impeding the work of law enforcement?
Discrimination and the Ivory Tower
The Supreme Court may finally get to clean up the mess that race-based admissions have created at our universities.
GoodFellows: One Nation Under A Groove
In the final episode of the series for 2020, Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane reflect on lessons learned from the pandemic, Donald Trump’s future, the ruinous state of the Golden State, how society will differ in 2021, plus what gets them through their daily routines—a mixtape of UK punk, Philly-brand funk, and the soothing sounds of “Sweet Baby James” Taylor.
Security And Defense Cooperation In The Indo-Pacific | 2020 Conference On Taiwan In The Indo-Pacific Region | Panel 1
Security and Defense Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
The Wealth of Indian Nations
Indians cannot borrow money because their land held in trust by the federal government cannot be used as collateral and because tribal judicial systems may not consistently enforce contracts. Moreover, education rates lag behind the national average.
From Emmitt Till to Skip Gates
If the Henry Louis Gates imbroglio makes anything clear it is that, in 2009, the mere implication of racial profiling in the arrest of a black professor...
“Why Wouldn’t People Like ’Em?”
How Affirmative Action Falls Short
Only skills improvement—starting with better schools—can begin to close racial achievement gaps.
Open the Gate
James Kirchick on Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason Riley
Explaining 1968
Was it a revolution? No. More like a baby-boomer coming-out party— with a rough morning after. By Niall Ferguson.
After Michigan
In June the Supreme Court issued a definitive—if narrow—ruling that permits the consideration of race in university admissions. This may have been bad law—but was it a bad decision? By Robert Zelnick.
Follow the Saudi Money
Untangling a complex courtroom tale: did Saudi funding incubate Islamist terror? By Chris Mondics.