AUMF and the Islamic State
By: Navi Bajwa In 2001, Congress passed a bill called the Authorization of Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF). The law gave the President power to use all necessary […]
The Congress
Education in Crisis: The Need for ESEA Reauthorization and the War over Common Core
By: Amina Haleem The state of American public education is in crisis. Legislative leaders are facing an uphill battle: repairing the nation’s primary and secondary public education system while attempting […]
D.C. Circuit Disregards Supreme Court Precedent, Incentivizing Unethical Attorney Conduct and Endangering Employee Rights
By: Jeff Elkin In 1981, the Supreme Court held in Upjohn Co. v. U.S. that a communication between a corporation’s lawyer and its employees would be protected by the corporation’s […]
Corporate Personhood After Hobby Lobby
By: Nor Powanda The Supreme Court issued 144 opinions this term and the Justices ruled unanimously in 65% of the 72 cases, the highest such percentage since the 1940s. But […]
Pot and Guns: The GOP Stance in One Bill
By: Philip Stevens Previously on Legislation and Policy, I addressed several reasons conservatives could support the full legalization of marijuana while retaining the core values of conservatism. I laid out […]
Renewing Trade Promotion Authority for the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreements
By: Daniel Guillermo Schneider In November 2009 President Obama announced, as part of the administration’s “Pivot to Asia”, that the United States would be participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership […]