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• The problem of the imperial presidency

  - 2007-09-22

  The Philadelphia Constitution may be dead, (1) but the basic problems which troubled the Framers--e.g., preserving the rule of law, preventing oppressive government--are still relevant, albeit in the new and different context. For instance, by way of introduction to what follows, the marked changes in relative powers of the branches...

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• Inside the administrative state: a critical look at the practice of presidential control.

  - 2006-10-01

  From the inception of the administrative state, scholars have proposed various models of agency decision-making to render such decision-making accountable and effective, only to see those models falter when confronted by actual practice. Until now, the "presidential control" model has been largely impervious to this...

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• What if he wins?

  - 2004-09-01

  The Triumph of Anything Goes By David Greenberg We all know that George W. Bush's reelection would probably bring about more illiberal policies regarding social justice, education, the arts, economic fairness, environmental protection, consumer rights, racial equality, foreign policy, civil liberties, and workers' rights. Less obvious, but perhaps...

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• About-Face in Iraq

  - 2003-11-24

  Paul Bremer's job sounds straightforward, at least. It is to transform Iraq from a dangerous muddle into a democratic model. But last week the dapper career diplomat got a faceful of Iraqi democracy, laced with a lot of smoke and cordite, from the very Governing Council he created and once...

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• The Taxonomist.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-06-18

  MORE TAX CUTS? Just in case you thought that Democrats won at least a small victory when Congress ostensibly agreed to scale back the 10-year cost of President George W. Bush's tax cut from $1.6 trillion to $1.35 trillion, consider this: ...

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