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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...
What Obama Isn't Saying
The apolitical politics of progressivism. . . .
Angry Americans Disrupt Town- Hall Healthcare Talks
At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer "town hall" meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare...
A War President and His Party
Will Democrats be able to keep from criticizing Obama on Afghanistan? . . .
I’m OK—You’re a Selfish, Partisan Hypocrite
A Hoover/ Economist survey of political attitudes finds voters in no mood for postpartisan lovey-dovey. By James W. Ceaser.
Charles Hill And General James Mattis On The Iran Deal, Democracy, And Freedom
Recorded on July 16, 2015 - Hoover fellows Charles Hill and James Mattis discuss the Iran deal and the state of the world on Uncommon Knowledge with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson. In their view the United States has handed over its leading role to Iran and provided a dowry along with it.
From Hoover Press: The Road Ahead for the Fed, by George Shultz, Allan Meltzer, Peter Fisher, Donald Kohn, James Hamilton, John Taylor, Myron Scholes, Darrell Duffie, Andrew Crockett, Michael Halloran, Richard Herring, John Ciorciari
In this new book, The Road Ahead for the Fed (Hoover Press, 2009), coeditors John B. Taylor and John D. Ciorciari bring together twelve leading experts to examine and debate proposals for financial reform and exit strategies from the financial crisis...
Taylor's Ruling: Government Created Credit Crisis
James Freeman interviews Stanford professor John Taylor about how Washington created the credit meltdown...
Hamilton on Debt, Default, and Oil
James Hamilton of the University of California, San Diego, and blogger at EconBrowser talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the rising levels of the national debt and the growing Federal budget deficit. . . .
CBO Says ACA Will Insure Fewer People Than Predicted
The Congressional Budget Office’s new report shows updated cost projections for the insurance coverage expansion in the Affordable Care Act.
Take Back Our Schools
Do Democrats Really Believe Obama Is Within The Scope Of Executive Power?
Do Democrats truly believe that Article II of the Constitution grants the president all of the powers President Obama proclaims to have and has in fact exercised? Or are they just going along because they agree with the president’s policy agenda?
The Woolsey File
A former CIA boss battles terror and political correctness. . . .
Should Mueller Testify?
Jonah mentions in passing the possibility that Mueller will testify before Congress. Adam White makes a strong case that he shouldn’t, and that Congress shouldn’t ask him to: “[W]hen the President’s critics now begin to demand that Mueller come and discuss publicly his interpretation of facts which Mueller himself declined to make the basis of a recommendation to indict, they demand that Mueller commit precisely the same error that [James] Comey infamously made.”
Letter: Providing for the Common Defense: A Call to Restore Funding to U.S. Missile Defense
Editor’s note: The following is the text of a letter sent by the Committee on the Present Danger to President Obama, members of the Senate and members of the House regarding critical changes to America’s missile defense that will likely threaten American safety and security. . . .
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.
Porkbusters
The congressional addiction to pork—and how the president can force the Hill to kick the habit. A primer by James C. Miller III.
The Least Dangerous Branch
With the growth of the administrative state, much of Congress’s policy-making role has been usurped by executive-branch agencies. Adam White reviews ‘Congress’s Constitution’ by Josh Chafetz.
You're Fired: The Original Meaning of Presidential Impeachment
With just the third impeachment of a President in the nation’s history, questions about the Constitution’s original meaning of impeaching a President are again salient. Unlike other constitutional provisions, because the Supreme Court has deemed impeachment the ultimate political question, neither much historical practice nor case law informs our understanding of the Impeachment Clause.
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.
The Coming Ascent of Congress
And the diminishing power of the presidency