As Americans prepare to go to the polls, the nation is teetering on the edge of an economic meltdown. If we are to avoid electing someone who will make things even worse—never mind beginning to turn things around—it behooves us to consider how and why we are in this mess. Permit me to suggest that [...]

Last month, the Supreme Court was an equal-opportunity disappointer, handing down one decision that enraged conservatives and one that outraged liberals. Permit me to make myself even more unpopular than usual (no mean feat) by suggesting that both decisions were correct. The first ruling came in Boumediene v. Bush, in which the Court upheld the [...]

Amazing. In his most recent bid to avoid anything remotely similar to accountability, Dick Cheney has taken the position that the Vice-President of the United States is not part of the Executive Branch.   That sound you hear is generations of Constitutional law professors dropping their teeth.   A bit of backgound: The National Archives [...]

Op Ed Submission                                                        Sheila Suess Kennedy January 21, 2007                                                          500 words   A Nanny State on Steroids                                                                                   You might think the Bush Administration would reconsider some of its more “creative” constitutional positions in the wake of the midterm elections. You would be wrong.   On January 11th, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles [...]