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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...
Trump To James Comey: Either Clinton Is A Criminal, Or You Are Corrupt. Take Your Pick.
Donald Trump, at a rally in Michigan today, extolled the profound bravery that FBI director James Comey displayed by notifying Congress about newly found emails, which (Trump claimed) corrected the grave wrong Comey had done in failing to recommend criminal charges in July.
Was James Comey's Letter 'Unprecedented,' As Hillary Clinton Says?
The letter by FBI director James Comey -- in which he apprised lawmakers of new emails potentially relevant to the investigation of Hillary Clinton -- has prompted lots of second-guessing. But was his letter unprecedented? Clinton herself has said so at a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.
James Comey, Hillary Clinton, And The Email Investigation: A Guide For The Perplexed
Yesterday, FBI Director James Comey threw the presidential election campaign into turmoil with a letter to Congress declaring that the Clinton email matter was, perhaps, not entirely done after all.
When Investigators Go Rogue: James Comey And Hillary's Emails
FBI director James B. Comey has just delivered a November surprise. In an apparent effort to undo political damage inflicted by an earlier declaration, Comey informed Congress on Sunday that no new evidence has been uncovered to warrant charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information.
This Experiment Has Some Great News For Our Democracy
The idea that our divisions are entrenched and unbridgeable is overstated.
Brinkema Opinion Sparing Risen from Testifying that Sterling was his Source
Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show (19:12)
Hoover Fellow Richard Epstein discusses the Voting Rights Act and the recent decision by United States Supreme Court, by five-to-four—with Justice Stephen Breyer writing for the four liberal justices plus Justice Kennedy—struck down Alabama’s redistricting plan for its state Senate and House of Representatives under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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.
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.
This Is What The FBI Director Needs To Do Now About Hillary Clinton Emails
If there is more that James Comey can say to the American public, he should do so.
Memo To The Press: What Comey's Letter Does And Doesn't Mean
The press is full of "breaking news" stories that FBI Director James Comey has "reopened" the Clinton email investigation. It's juicy news less than two weeks before the election. But it's not quite right.
The Attorney General’s Role In The Clinton Email Mess
Over the last 48 hours, a parade of former senior Justice Department officials of both parties have written op-eds or given interviews slamming FBI Director James Comey for his action last week on the Clinton email matter.
Don’t Demonize The Electoral College — Or The Framers — As Racist
To Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it embodies “a shadow of slavery’s power.” To the New York Times editorial board it represents “a living symbol of America’s original sin.” To filmmaker Michael Moore, it advances a “racist idea.”
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.
Taking the Campaign Reforms to Court
Why the Supreme Court should kill McCain-Feingold. By Hoover fellow James C. Miller III.
Monopoly Politics
Miller shows that, as in commercial markets, victims of monopoly power in politics pay higher prices and get less in return. He details how political markets resist being organized competitively and thus not performing as well as commercial markets, and explains how this lack of competition is caused by political incumbents rigging political markets to protect themselves.
Summer 2013 Board of Overseers’ Meeting at Hoover
The Hoover Institution hosted its annual Board of Overseers’ summer meeting during July 9–11, 2013.
The program began on Tuesday evening with before-dinner remarks by Paul D. Clement, a partner at Bancroft PLLC. Clement served as the forty-third solicitor general of the United States from June 2005 until June 2008. He has argued more than sixty-five cases before the US Supreme Court. During Clement’s speech, titled “Federalism in the Roberts Court,” he talked about the revitalization of federalism in the Rehnquist court “imposing some limits on the federal government’s power vis-a-vis the states.”