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In the first portion of day 4 of Supreme Court nominee Judge Senate Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Senate, Democrats urged Committee Chair Lin…

The House Rules Committee held a hearing on the constitutional authorities and responsibilities of the legislative branch of government. Government, history, and legal experts testified to t…

The House Judiciary Committee held a second hearing to review the findings of the Mueller Report. Among the witnesses testifying were Carrie Cordero, the former counsel to the assistant atto…

The Brennan Center for Justice hosted a symposium to consider the history, application, and scope of presidential emergency powers. In this portion, University of Virginia Law Professor Saik…

The Brennan Center for Justice hosted a symposium ito consider the history, application and scope of presidential emergency powers. This portion featured former administration officials who …

University of Virginia law professor Saikrishna Prakash lectured on John Jay and John Marshall, who each served as Chief Justice of the United States. In the early years of the republic, the…

Judge Sandra Ikuta, who was on President-elect Trump’s list as a possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee, moderated a discussion on using legislative history in deciding cases. In 1986 Justice S…

Legal analysts compared the use of executive power by the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, particularly in the areas of war powers and national security. They discussed the use of d…

The panelists talked about the use of executive privilege since the Nixon era and how this privilege was not used regularly until President Clinton. They discussed examples of executive priv…