Executive Power
The President and Withdrawal from Treaties
Last week the United States withdrew from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Agreement with Russia, pursuant to the Treaty’s six-month notification period for withdrawal (the notification was sent in February). The President directed the notification...
Trump’s Executive Order on Health Care Transparency and the Constitution
Many of my media colleagues have been lauding President Donald Trump for signing an executive order earlier this week directing the federal Department of Health and Human Services to require health care providers to inform patients in advance of the true costs of...
I’m Looking at You Congress!
Modern presidents overstep their constitutional authority virtually every day they’re on the job. We should unceasingly criticize this executive overreach and the presidents who participate, from Clinton to Bush to Obama to Trump. But the president isn’t...
Trump Tariffs Smack Taxpayers With a Double-Whammy
The domestic damage done by President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods will now be exacerbated by the president’s proclamation of his intent to blunt the blow by giving a multi-billion dollar bailout to farmers affected by the fallout. You read...