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September 14, 2019|Andrew McCabe, Carter Page, Donald Trump, James Comey, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Russia

Dissecting the Trump-Russia Investigations: A Conversation with Andrew McCarthy

by Andrew McCarthy|

Andrew McCarthy discusses the investigations of the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government.

June 7, 2019|Robert Mueller, Special Counsel

Reforming the Special Counsel

by Mike Rappaport|

Protest outside the White House on April 4, 2019 (bakdc/Shutterstock.com).
If the information of wrongdoing is disclosed to the public, and the public can address it through the ballot box and impeachment, that is enough.

July 23, 2018|Chief Justice John Marshall, Inspector Javert, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Judicial nomination, Morrison v. Olson, Recusal, Robert Mueller, U.S. Constitution

It Is a Constitution Judge Kavanaugh Is Expounding

by Greg Weiner|

Demanding that Kavanaugh recuse himself from any Supreme Court rulings on the Mueller investigation is silly.

July 3, 2018|Executive Power, Executive Privilege, Independent Counsel, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Robert Mueller, Supreme Court

A Future Justice Kavanaugh and Executive Privilege

by Derek Muller|

Brett Kavanaugh testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images)
Media reports on Kavanaugh’s views on executive power too quickly assume he would shield the executive branch during criminal investigations.

May 15, 2018|Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Special Counsel Regulation

How Easily Could the Trump Administration Change the Special Counsel Regulation?

by Mike Rappaport|

U.S. Department of Justice (Roman Babakin/Shutterstock.com).
One path to ending the Adminstration's legal troubles would be to change the special counsel regulation, but this poses challenges.

February 26, 2018|Donald Trump, Hammerschmidt v. US, Klein Conspiracy, Robert Mueller, Russian conspiracy, US v. Coplan

A Criminal Conspiracy to Undermine Our Government and Our Country? Part I of II

by Thomas Ascik|

What does it mean “to defraud” the entire United States government or “any” of its agencies?  

February 6, 2018|Eric Posner, Executive Power, Lawrence Walsh, Originalism, Robert Mueller

Congress Should Not Insulate Robert Mueller from Removal

by John O. McGinnis|

The Department of Justice Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Shutterstock.com
The President shouldn't remove Robert Mueller, but he is fully within his constitutional rights to do so.

September 15, 2017|Donald Trump, Executive Power, Independent Counsel, Robert Mueller, Watergate

The Constitution and Prosecutor Mueller: A Conversation with Mike Rappaport

by Mike Rappaport|

Special Counsel Robert Mueller (Alex Wong/Getty Images).
Mike Rappaport joins us to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump administration and what the Constitution has to say about it.

July 17, 2017|James Comey, Mueller Investigation, Robert Mueller, Special Counsel

The Mueller Investigation: Impartiality and Conflicts of Interest

by Mike Rappaport|

Recently, I wrote about the size and scope of the Mueller Investigation.  Here I discuss the criticisms of the lack of impartiality that have been raised about the investigation. Political Orientation: The first aspect of this issue involves the political orientation of the 15 lawyers that Mueller has hired.  News reports indicate that “at least seven of the 15 lawyers Mueller has brought on to the special counsel team have donated to Democratic political candidates, five of them to Hillary Clinton.”  By contrast, no members have contributed to Republicans (except one member who gave much more to the Democrats).  So the…

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Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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