William Barr

December 20, 2019|Executive Power, Humphrey's Executor, The "Take Care" Clause, Unitary Executive, William Barr

The Attorney General and “The Resistance”

Attorney General William Barr speaks to the National Association of Attorneys General. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

William Barr has refused to pull his punches when discussing what could be one of the greatest political scandals in US history.

December 5, 2019|Checks and Balances, Executive Power, Myers v. United States, William Barr

Checks and Balances Needs More Balance

by John O. McGinnis|

Attorney General William Barr speaks at the University of Notre Dame Law School on October 14, 2019 (Image: Matt Cashore).

A more balanced critique of the Attorney General's view of the scope of executive power would be both more persuasive and less polarizing.

April 25, 2019|Congress, Impeachment, Mueller report, President Trump, William Barr

An Impotent Congress Can’t Impeach Trump

by Greg Weiner|

WASHINGTON, DC: Nancy Pelosi addresses a crowd of supporters at a rally on the Capitol steps.

The Democratic Congress lost the impeachment fight before it even started.

April 16, 2019|Mueller report, Norms, redaction, William Barr

Attacks on Attorney General Barr’s Handling of the Mueller Report Undermine Justice

by John O. McGinnis|

U.S. Department of Justice (Roman Babakin/Shutterstock.com).

Critics of William Barr forget that the Mueller Report contains four kinds of material that must be screened prior to release.

January 18, 2019|Affordable Care Act, DACA, Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono, William Barr

Why Bill Barr Is Trump’s Best Appointment

by John O. McGinnis|

William P. Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation as Attorney General, January 17, 2019 (Christy Bowe/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News).

No cabinet official can get a President in more trouble faster than his Attorney General, and Trump has made the right choice with Bill Barr.

December 19, 2018|Michael Cohen, Mueller, Recusals, Rosenstein, Trump, William Barr

Trump, Recusals, and William Barr

by Mike Rappaport|

William Barr testifying before the Senate in 2003 (Image: Chris Kleponis, Bloomberg News).

Recusals have played an even more important role in the investigations of Trump than most people realize.

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.

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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