In the Weekly Standard, Chris DeMuth explains why the dreaded “fiscal cliff” is actually more like a curbstone and the hoopla surrounding it, a “charade.” Near-term, Chris argues, we have to figure out a contingency plan for California’s impending …
Armchair economists and political pundits are wailing about the impending year-end “fiscal cliff.” If Congress and the President do nothing, the Bush tax cuts will expire; an automatic sequester will hit the Pentagon and various “discretionary” programs; and a gaggle …
Very soon, quite probably within a decade, we will confront a constitutional collapse. Unless we revamp the constitutional order in major respects, it will simply seize up or keel over (pick your metaphor)—in what way and with what consequences, no …
When the Constitution is ambiguous or silent on a particular issue, this Court has often relied on notions of a constitutional plan- the implicit ordering of relationships within the federal system necessary to make the Constitution a workable governing charter
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Yesterday’s post on the climate change cases before the D.C. Circuit promised a few additional thoughts on the institutional aspects of the controversy. Here they are, delivered in customary good cheer.
By any measure, the EPA’s GHG regime constitutes the …
Yesterday, The Upside-Down Constitution was officially introduced to the masses. AEI’s roll-out event, co-sponsored by the Federalist Society, featured (in addition to yours truly) Chris DeMuth, Rick Hills, and Ben Wittes in a lively panel discussion moderated by …
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