A leading scholar of Congress and the Constitution analyzes Congress’s surprisingly potent set of tools in the system of checks and balances. Congress is w...

New matrix, meet the old matrix.

If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law.

If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law.

A new book argues that Americans need to reclaim ownership of their founding charter from nine robed lawyers.

Exploring the moral foundations of the Republic on the occasion of America's 250th anniversary.

<div> <p><span>Article II of the Constitution says that “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” Ever since the

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Emily Berman (University of Houston Law Center) has posted The Uninvestigable President: Executive Accountability after Trump v. United States and Trump v. Slaughter on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Presidential accountability depends on information. Elections, impeachment, prosecution, and public judgment all require facts. And those facts are generated by a set of overlapping investigative mechanisms, including career investigators across the executive branch, inspectors general, and congressional committees, each capable of surfacing executive misconduct through distinct legal authorities and institutional incentives.

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