Republicans Seek to Unleash President’s Power to Not Spend

Republican lawmakers want to repeal a Watergate-era law that reins in the president’s ability to decline to spend funds appropriated by Congress. WASHINGTON—In a move that could give President Donald Trump more freedom to enact his agenda, Republicans are attempting to repeal a law which ties the hands of presidents who don’t want to spend

A Supreme History

UCLA law professor Stuart Banner’s new book is simply the finest and most valuable book ever written about the U.S. Supreme Court, a work of such erudite breadth and interpretive sophistication that in a world governed by merit, it would be a slam-dunk winner of an upcoming Pulitzer Prize. Yet in today’s deeply degraded media