The Bush Administration’s use of Presidential signing statements to assert objections to enacted legislation reflects an attempt to expand and consolidate Presidential authority at the expense of Congress, according to…
Instead of defending Congressional prerogatives, Congress appears eager to transfer new, unchecked authority to the President in the name of combating terrorism. A bill on military commissions for trial of…
Classification is the predominant means of protecting national security information. But even when information is unclassified, there are a number of statutes that can be used to restrict its public…
“We believe that the more we inform our American citizens, the better our government will be,” President Bush said Tuesday. The remark could be considered conventional wisdom. Yet it is…
Some noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf). “Interrogation of Detainees: Overview of the…