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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 New Yorker’s Closet Libertarian
Do Chimps Have Human Rights?
Readers of the New York Times Magazine will have seen a photograph of an animatronic chimpanzee testifying at court on the cover of a recent edition. That chimp is supposed to represent Tommy. As the Times story details, lawyer Steven Wise seeks to represent Tommy in court...
The Cagey Mr. Comey
His own questionable actions might warrant an obstruction of justice charge.
Barr Trumps Mueller
The battle over whether the President engaged in obstruction of justice.
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Ending the threat of nuclear arms. By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, Sam Nunn.
Property Rights and African Poverty
The Lawyering of War
Peter Berkowitz on The War on Terror and the Laws of War: A Military Perspective by Michael Lewis, Eric Jensen, Geoffrey Corn, Victor Hansen, Richard Jackson, and James Schoettler.
Government By 'Expert'
Term Limits for Judges
Will Banning Guns Prevent Another Aurora?
The Tax Collector vs. The Constitution
Socialism and The Constitution
Is the U.S. Constitution indifferent to the nature of the country's socioeconomic regime?
Checks, Balances, And Guardrails
The Constitution, by standing firm on individual rights, makes it as hard as possible for mass movements to impose their will on the nation.
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...
Deconstructing the Galleon Insider Trading Case
Obama Suspends the Law
President Obama's decision last week to suspend the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act may be welcome relief to businesses affected by this provision, but it raises grave concerns about his understanding of the role of the executive in our system of government.
How Congress Can Rein in the Courts
Judges have assumed vast powers the founders never intended. The solution? Congress should assert a few powers the founders did intend. An analysis by Hoover fellow and former Attorney General of the United States Edwin L. Meese III.
The Conduit
To us, it's a border. But to Mexico, it's an escape valve. Why closing that valve would destabilize our southern neighbor—and damage our own interests. By Stephen Haber.