The Faces of Congressional Power
8/25/17 //
In-Depth Analysis
By Mark Graber: Congress has considerable tools to influence public policy. How effectively Congress may use those tools depends in part on the skill with which they are exercised, but also on more durable features of the times in which they are exercised.
The Constitution of Talk
8/25/17 //
In-Depth Analysis
There needs to be a separation of microphones just as much as a separation of powers, and Congress does not understand the microphone that 2017 requires.
Versus Trump: Trump vs. The CFPB
8/24/17 //
Commentary
On this week’s episode of Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie talk about the Trump Administration's position in a lawsuit contending that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—commonly known as the CFPB—is unconstitutional, because its sole director does not serve at the pleasure of the President but instead serves a set term and can be terminated only for-cause. Listen now!
Chafetz and the Separation of Powers
8/23/17 //
In-Depth Analysis
By Victoria Nourse: It is one of the great paradoxes of American life that Americans love democracy but hate their most democratic institution, the Congress—that is, until they need Congress to fight a rogue President
Congress’s Rhetoric
8/23/17 //
In-Depth Analysis
By Kate Shaw: Congress must find new opportunities for successful engagement with the public, by both individual members and the body as a whole
Congress’s Personnel Power
8/22/17 //
In-Depth Analysis
Congress should engender a robust administrative separation of powers, ensuring that a forceful bureaucracy (and an engaged public) can advance congressional priorities and check those of the President
Congress’s Constitution, the President’s Politics?
8/22/17 //
In-Depth Analysis
By Julia Azari: Is Congress doomed to react to Trump, and to wallow in the political discourse he has created like a toddler in a soiled diaper? Or can members of Congress create their own counter-narratives about the meaning and stakes of policy and process?
