Executive Power
No! The President Should Not Enforce Every Act of Congress
Recent debate on the so-called Enforce the Law Act raises some fundamental questions about the proper roles of the three branches of the federal government. The Enforce the Law Act would authorize either house of Congress to sue the executive branch if the president,...
Executive Order Tyranny
Can the president legally bypass Congress and rule the government by decree? The answer to the question above is: No. But you wouldn’t know that by listening to President Obama. In the past three weeks, the president has made it clear how he plans to run the...
The Debt Ceiling and Presidential Power
Theย New York Times’ Room for Debate asksย Can Obama Ignore the Debt Ceiling?, with contributions from Eric Posner (Chicago), Elizabeth Price Foley (Florida International), Akhil Amar (Yale), Dorothy Brown (Emory), James Galbraith (Texas — Economics), and...