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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...
Ed Lazear On The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show (28:10)
Ed Lazear talks about the Department of Homeland Security Funding bill that was recently passed.
This Week’s Episode Of Rational Security
We talk about the David Petraeus plea, ISIS propaganda, and John Brennan’s plans to reorganize the CIA
The State Of Play On The Form And Effect Of The (Possible) Iran Deal
Every day brings a new and different story about the Obama administration’s plans with regard to a possible deal with Iran as it relates to domestic and international law.
PCLOB Takes On Executive Order 12333 Surveillance
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board yesterday had a public meeting yesterday to, as its web site describes it, “discuss and vote on a proposed plan for its review of counterterrorism activities conducted by the Intelligence Community under Executive Order 12333.”
More On The Legal Basis For The Administration’s Disregard Of Congressional Restrictions On Detainee Transfers In The Bergdahl Context, And On The Implications For Closing GTMO
Last summer I wrote of the administration’s constitutional arguments for disregarding congressional transfer restrictions in swapping the Taliban 5 for Bowe Bergdahl
Lee Kuan Yew And Henry Kissinger
As the debates rage along the Potomac regarding the Iran nuclear framework, ISIS, the Ukraine crisis, the rise of Chinese power and a half dozen other important U.S. foreign policy challenges, how better to think about these problems than to seek council from the two most impressive strategists of the post World War II era – the late Lee Kuan Yew and Henry Kissinger.
Andrew Mccarthy’s Distortion Of The Corker Bill (And The Constitution)
As things stand today, the only way for Congress to prevent the President from waiving statutory sanctions against Iran is to pass a law over his veto that withdraws the waiver authority it gave him in the past. All the Corker Bill does is to freeze the President’s waiver authority for 30-42 days so that Congress can determine if it wants to remove the President’s waiver authority.
Another Response To Andrew Mccarthy On The Corker Bill Iran Review
The Iran deal by itself, no matter what it says, cannot permanently lift U.S. statutory sanctions. Only Congress can permanently change the sanctions regime. Even if Obama agrees in the handshake deal to permanently reduce sanctions, he cannot follow through on that pledge by himself.
The 'Commerce Clause Mandate'
Will Newt Neuter the Courts?
The Contraception Hawks
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.
The War That Must Never Be Fought: Dilemmas Of Nuclear Deterrence
Shultz, who served as U.S. secretary of state from 1982 to 1989, and Goodby, a former U.S. arms negotiator, make the case for governments to take urgent steps toward abolishing nuclear weapons.
The Lawfare Podcast: Comey Versus The Committee With No Bull
The confrontation this week between FBI Director James Comey and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would have been a riveting drama-filled showdown over the Clinton email investigation. Except for one fact: Five. Endless. Hours.
Comey's Testimony As Precedent
Let me start by saying that I do not dissent from FBI Director James Comey's decision to give the remarkably fulsome account we saw this week of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, both in his lengthy statement Tuesday and, particularly, in his marathon testimony yesterday.
Comey Failed To Act In The Public Interest
On July 5, FBI Director James Comey delivered a prepared statement summarizing the bureau’s yearlong investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email system during her tenure as secretary of state.
The Comey Effect: The FBI Director's Meddling In The Election Dominates The News
Since Friday’s release of FBI director James Comey’s letter to Congress saying the FBI was interested in emails from ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton found on an aide's computer, there’s been far more chaos than clarity, and more questions than answers.
Rational Security: The "Welcome To The New Not Normal" Edition
The Trump administration transition has begun—right? The president-elect sits down with “60 Minutes” and leaves the fate of FBI Director James Comey uncertain. And foreign governments react to Trump’s election.
By Granting Amnesty, Are Republicans Signing Their Own Political Death Warrant?
On Friday, conservative actor James Woods let America know exactly what “#DACA is about” in one devastating tweet that included a meme depicting Senate Minority Schoolmarm Chuck Schumer ‘saying,’ “It’s very simple to understand actually – If Americans won’t vote for Democrats, then we’ll import people who will.”
Trump Once Again Takes His Talents-- And Another Supreme Court Pick-- To Primetime
LeBron James is no fan of Donald Trump. In 2016, the NBA great campaigned for Hillary Clinton in his native Ohio. Since then, he’s voiced solidarity with athletes who’ve turned down White House visits and has trash-tweeted the President (that includes this “U bum” missive from September of last year).