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The Supreme Court Rules That Trump’S Daca Rescission Doesn’T Pass Muster, Peter Margulies
The Supreme Court Rules That Trump’S Daca Rescission Doesn’T Pass Muster, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
President Trump Bars Uninsured Immigrants From The U.S., Peter Margulies
President Trump Bars Uninsured Immigrants From The U.S., Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Trump’S Travel Ban At The Supreme Court: Deference Joined By Nudges Toward Civility, Peter Margulies
Trump’S Travel Ban At The Supreme Court: Deference Joined By Nudges Toward Civility, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
How To Think Constitutionally About Prerogative: A Study Of Early American Usage, Matthew J. Steilen
How To Think Constitutionally About Prerogative: A Study Of Early American Usage, Matthew J. Steilen
Journal Articles
This Article challenges the view of “prerogative” as a discretionary authority to act outside the law. For seventy years, political scientists, lawyers and judges have drawn on John Locke’s account of prerogative in the Second Treatise, using it to read foundational texts in American constitutional law. American writings on prerogative produced between 1760 and 1788 are rarely discussed (excepting The Federalist), though these materials exist in abundance. Based on a study of over 700 of these texts, including pamphlets, broadsides, letters, essays, newspaper items, state papers, and legislative debates, this Article argues that early Americans almost never used “prerogative” as …
Can The President Control The Department Of Justice?, Bruce Green, Rebecca Roiphe
Can The President Control The Department Of Justice?, Bruce Green, Rebecca Roiphe
Articles & Chapters
As the investigation into President Trump's campaign ties to Russia grows increasingly intense, it is critical to understand how much control the President has over the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. Some critics claim that the President has absolute power to direct federal prosecutors and control their decisions. The President and his lawyers, joined by several scholars, take this claim one step further by arguing that the chief executive could not be guilty of obstruction of justice because his control over all prosecutorial decisions is absolute. This issue last arose during the Nixon Administration. The Department of Justice …
Representative/Senator Trump?, Gary S. Lawson
Representative/Senator Trump?, Gary S. Lawson
Faculty Scholarship
The American presidency is a much more powerful office in 2017 than was contemplated by the Constitution of 1788. In large measure, that is because Congress has unconstitutionally subdelegated many of its legislative powers to the President. The President thus effectively functions as the Congress to a significant degree, which not only perverts the constitutional structure but also significantly raises the stakes of presidential elections. There is no good reason to expect Congress or the courts to stem the tide of subdelegation. Presidents, however, have a number of tools available to resist, and even reverse, that tide. While there is …
The Ninth Circuit’S Refugee Eo Decision: Methodically Misreading The Immigration Statute, Peter Margulies
The Ninth Circuit’S Refugee Eo Decision: Methodically Misreading The Immigration Statute, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Fourth Circuit And The Refugee Eo: Establishing Confusion, Peter Margulies
The Fourth Circuit And The Refugee Eo: Establishing Confusion, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Ninth Circuit And The Refugee Eo: Back To The Statute?, Peter Margulies
The Ninth Circuit And The Refugee Eo: Back To The Statute?, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Fourth Circuit Argument On The Refugee Eo: Second-Guessing The President Or Safeguarding Individual Rights?, Peter Margulies
The Fourth Circuit Argument On The Refugee Eo: Second-Guessing The President Or Safeguarding Individual Rights?, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Enjoining The Revised Refugee Eo: The Hawaii District Court “Waters Down” The Separation Of Powers, Peter Margulies
Enjoining The Revised Refugee Eo: The Hawaii District Court “Waters Down” The Separation Of Powers, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Ninth Circuit On The Refugee Eo: The Government’S Least Bad Option, Peter Margulies
The Ninth Circuit On The Refugee Eo: The Government’S Least Bad Option, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Erosion Of Congressional Checks On Presidential Power, Neal Devins
The Erosion Of Congressional Checks On Presidential Power, Neal Devins
Popular Media
No abstract provided.
Section 2: Congress & The Obama White House, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 2: Congress & The Obama White House, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Supreme Court Preview
No abstract provided.
Congress's (Limited) Power To Represent Itself In Court, Tara Leigh Grove, Neal Devins
Congress's (Limited) Power To Represent Itself In Court, Tara Leigh Grove, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
Scholars and jurists have long assumed that, when the executive branch declines to defend a federal statute, Congress may intervene in federal court to defend the law. When invalidating the Defense of Marriage Act, for example, no Supreme Court Justice challenged the authority of the House of Representatives to defend federal laws in at least some circumstances. At the same time, in recent litigation over the Fast and Furious gun-running case, the Department of Justice asserted that the House could not go to court to enforce a subpoena against the executive. In this Article, we seek to challenge both claims. …
Jewerl Maxwell Announces Book Publication, Andrea Speros
Jewerl Maxwell Announces Book Publication, Andrea Speros
News Releases
Jewerl Maxwell, Ph.D., associate dean of the center for lifelong learning and assistant professor of political science at Cedarville University, co-authored “Tough Times for the President: Political Adversity and the Sources of Executive Power” with professor, author and presidency scholar Ryan J. Barilleaux.
The Indefensible Duty To Defend, Neal Devins, Saikrishna B. Prakash
The Indefensible Duty To Defend, Neal Devins, Saikrishna B. Prakash
Faculty Publications
Modern Justice Department opinions insist that the executive branch must enforce and defend laws. In the first article to systematically examine Department of Justice refusals to defend, we make four points. First, the duties to enforce and defend lack any sound basis in the Constitution. Hence, while President Obama is right to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, he is wrong to continue to enforce a law he believes is unconstitutional. Second, rather than being grounded in the Constitution, the duties are better explained by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) desire to enhance its independence and status. By …
The Article Ii Safeguards Of Federal Jurisdiction, Tara Leigh Grove
The Article Ii Safeguards Of Federal Jurisdiction, Tara Leigh Grove
Faculty Publications
Jurisdiction stripping has long been treated as a battle between Congress and the federal judiciary. Scholars have thus overlooked the important (and surprising) role that the executive branch has played in these jurisdictional struggles. This Article seeks to fill that void. Drawing on two strands of social science research, the Article argues that the executive branch has a strong incentive to use its constitutional authority over the enactment and enforcement of federal law to oppose jurisdiction-stripping measures. Notably, this structural argument has considerable historical support. The executive branch has repeatedly opposed jurisdiction-stripping proposals in Congress. That has been true even …
On The Contemporary Meaning Of Korematsu: 'Liberty Lies In The Hearts Of Men And Women', David A. Harris
On The Contemporary Meaning Of Korematsu: 'Liberty Lies In The Hearts Of Men And Women', David A. Harris
Articles
In just a few years, seven decades will have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu v. U.S., one of the most reviled of all of the Court’s cases. Despised or not, however, similarities between the World War II era and our own have people looking at Korematsu in a new light. When the Court decided Korematsu in 1944, we were at war with the Japanese empire, and with this came considerable suspicion of anyone who shared the ethnicity of our foreign enemies. Since 2001, we have faced another external threat – from the al Queda terrorists – …
Presidential Unilateralism And Political Polarization: Why Today's Congress Lacks The Will And The Way To Stop Presidential Initiatives, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Not-So-Independent Agencies: Party Polarization And The Limits Of Institutional Design, Neal Devins, David E. Lewis
Not-So-Independent Agencies: Party Polarization And The Limits Of Institutional Design, Neal Devins, David E. Lewis
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Section 1: The Executive Power & The War On Terror, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 1: The Executive Power & The War On Terror, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Supreme Court Preview
No abstract provided.
The Lamentable Notion Of Indefeasible Presidential Powers: A Reply To Professor Prakash, Harold J. Krent
The Lamentable Notion Of Indefeasible Presidential Powers: A Reply To Professor Prakash, Harold J. Krent
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Politics And Principle: An Alternative Take On Seth P. Waxman's Defending Congress, Neal Devins
Politics And Principle: An Alternative Take On Seth P. Waxman's Defending Congress, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Unitariness And Independence: Solicitor General Control Over Independent Agency Litigation, Neal Devins
Unitariness And Independence: Solicitor General Control Over Independent Agency Litigation, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
With a few exceptions, the Solicitor General controls all aspects of independent agency litigation before the Supreme Court. Solicitor General control of Supreme Court litigation creates a tension between independent agency freedom and the Solicitor General's authority. On the one hand, Solicitor General control provides the United States with a unitary voice before the Supreme Court, and provides the Court with a trustworthy litigator to explicate the government's position. On the other hand, such control may undermine the autonomy of independent agency decision making. In this Article, the author argues for a hybrid model of independent agency litigation in the …
Political Will And The Unitary Executive: What Makes An Independent Agency Independent?, Neal Devins
Political Will And The Unitary Executive: What Makes An Independent Agency Independent?, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Fragmenting The Unitary Executive: Congressional Delegations Of Administrative Authority Outside The Federal Government, Harold J. Krent
Fragmenting The Unitary Executive: Congressional Delegations Of Administrative Authority Outside The Federal Government, Harold J. Krent
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Line Item Veto: Hearing Before The Subcommittee On The Constitution Of The Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, Paul Simon, Arnold Cantor, Neal Devins, Louis Fisher
The Line Item Veto: Hearing Before The Subcommittee On The Constitution Of The Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, Paul Simon, Arnold Cantor, Neal Devins, Louis Fisher
Congressional Testimony
No abstract provided.
The President's Powers As Commander-In-Chief Versus Congress' War Power And Appropriations Power, Charles W. Bennett, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Geoffrey P. Miller, William Bradford Reynolds, William W. Van Alstyne
The President's Powers As Commander-In-Chief Versus Congress' War Power And Appropriations Power, Charles W. Bennett, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Geoffrey P. Miller, William Bradford Reynolds, William W. Van Alstyne
Faculty Publications
This joint work explores a variety of viewpoints all centered around the War Powers Resolution and its application to the situation in the Persian Gulf.
Averting Government By Consent Decree: Constitutional Limits On The Enforcement Of Settlements With The Federal Government, Jeremy A. Rabkin, Neal Devins
Averting Government By Consent Decree: Constitutional Limits On The Enforcement Of Settlements With The Federal Government, Jeremy A. Rabkin, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.