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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...
John Yoo: Trump Freed The Justice Department Of James Comey
Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses former FBI director James Comey's behavior as director of the FBI, and the decision not to charge Comey with crimes committed while FBI director. Yoo notes the IG report is a damning indictment, yet there is a reluctance to charge Comey.
James Comey And Robert Mueller Imperil The Rule Of Law
The former FBI directors tend to investigate Republicans far more zealously than Democrats.
This Experiment Has Some Great News For Our Democracy
The idea that our divisions are entrenched and unbridgeable is overstated.
Rod Rosenstein And The Very Valid Recusal Question
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.
Michael McConnell On The John Batchelor Show (19:23)
Listen while Michael McConnell discusses immigration.
Illiberal Approach To Immigration Only Invites More Acrimony
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Obama's executive order that overrode existing immigration law. The result is more acrimony and chaos.
John Taylor On The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show (15:14)
John Taylor talks about the Supreme Court hearing on Obamacare
Lanhee Chen On Bloomberg Radio (1:45)
Lanhee Chen talks about the Supreme Court hearing on Obamacare.
Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show
Hoover fellow Richard Epstein discusses the Affordable Care Act and the King v. Burwell oral arguments of the four liberal members of the Supreme Court.
Victor Davis Hanson On WIBC
Hoover fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses politics and the problems associated with illegal immigration.
Judith Miller Recants; Where's The Media?
In “The Story: A Reporter’s Journey,” which hit book store shelves Tuesday, April 7, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller revealed in the final chapter that she now believes that she was induced by then-Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald to give false testimony in the 2007 trial of I. “Lewis” Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
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.
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.
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.
'He's Become A Comic Figure': Victor Davis Hanson On Comey Denying Blame, Ripping Fox
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses James Comey and his behavior as Director of the FBI.
The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever‐Expanding Powers
Featuring the author Saikrishna Prakash, James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School; with comments by Jack Goldsmith, Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; moderated by Gene Healy, Vice President, Cato Institute.