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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...
Did No Child Left Behind’s Test-Based Reforms Fail? Or Not?
Earlier this month I published part of a policy memo from the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado Boulder under this headline: “No Child Left Behind’s test-based policies failed. Will Congress keep them anyway?”
Take Back Our Schools
What’s Next On ESEA?
Tell me if you disagree, my fellow wonks and pundits, but I don’t think anyone predicted a 22-0 vote from the Senate HELP committee on ESEA reauthorization. What an amazing tribute to the bipartisan leadership of Chairman Lamar Alexander and ranking member Patty Murray.
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.
Bill Whalen On The John Batchelor Show (9:38)
Bill Whalen discusses the Iran Deal and Senate letter.
We need a better measure of ‘congressional futility’
Lessons From The 1995 Strategy
The Republican victory in the midterm election was decisive. Now the victors must chart a sensible course for the next two years—one that demonstrates they can be trusted as America’s governing party and sets the table for 2016.
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?
Remember ‘Reconciliation’? The GOP Can Move An Agenda Without Democratic Support
Congressional Republicans are engaged in an important internal discussion over how best to use the arcane procedural mechanism known as “budget reconciliation.” Making the right decision about how to employ reconciliation could be the difference between a successful start to a conservative policy revival, or a lost year.
The Woolsey File
A former CIA boss battles terror and political correctness. . . .
Thoughts On Encryption And Going Dark: Part I
FBI Director James Comey has been on a public offensive of late, arguing against end-to-end encryption that prevents law enforcement access to communications even when authorities have appropriate legal process to capture those communications.
The Decline Of The Senate: From 'Advice And Consent' To 'Just Win, Baby!'
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.”
The Abortion Opportunity For Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearings
With President Trump out of quarantine and the debates resuming (maybe), abortion will return to center stage. Democrats will seek to turn this week's Senate hearings on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court into a morality play. Expect to watch senators imply that her devout Catholic religious beliefs portend the judicial imposition of a patriarchal society.
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.
Congressional Elections in the Post WWII Era Continuity and Change
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.
CONGRESS BEGINS NEW SESSION WITH OLD QUESTIONS: $792B Tax Cut, Campaign Finance Reform Revisited
Rigged to Re-Elect
Having to disclose small campaign contributions doesn’t make candidates accountable. It just makes dislodging incumbents even harder. By James Huffman.