what happens when a president and congress go to war?
On Oct 31, at district court hearing Washington, Justice Department argued that Congress cannot go to court to enforce subpoena for White House counsel Donald McGahn. ..…
On Oct 31, at district court hearing Washington, Justice Department argued that Congress cannot go to court to enforce subpoena for White House counsel Donald McGahn. ..…
Federal District Court Judge Washington, D.C has ruled favor of House of Representatives its effort to obtain copy of documents related to Mueller Report and, in the process, rejected argument that Trump Administration and Republicans in and out of Congress regarding the inquiry. ..…
Court of Appeals for District of Columbia, Trump's accounting firm Mazars USA, LLP was ordered to comply with subpoena issued by U.S. ..…
WASHINGTON their case will rest large part on the claim that he sought government's help, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid in the balance, to dig up dirt on political opponent to boost his reelection campaign.. ..…
The White House has directed that I not disclose the substance of any discussion with the president or his advisers to protect confidentiality, over and over and over.. ..…
The parties have cooperated to water down or kill left-leaning measures and advance agenda, from shredding New Deal to ramping up deportation, turning the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama into graveyards of progressive policies. ..…
John, let me first ask you, can you clarify the difference of the role of Independent Counsel during Clinton administration, and Special Counsel in Trump administration.. ..…
The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General interviewed British ex-spy who authored the unsubstantiated and dossier attacking President Trump and extended its afterward, .. ..…
Nixon's White House Counsel John Dean was the center of attention from the yesterday when he compared President Trump to his old boss Richard Nixon at House Judiciary Committee hearing Washington. ..…
Supreme Court will soon hand down rulings in two cases on partisan gerrymandering, one challenging maps Maryland drawn by Democratic and Republican-majority North Carolina. ..…
This path breaking work described the centralization of the branch of American government and brought essential attention to the need to prevent further abuses in the office of Presidency. . ..…
In the first of many courtroom showdowns between Trump's and the branch, Trump's William Consovoy argued to U.S. ..…
Now, I know that they will be painted as Democrats, Democrats, RINOS, etc etc and the fact is lawyers of both parties are becoming concerned about Trump perceives and executes laws. ..…
Nixon resigned and left White House.. ly committed in White House... ..…
Nixon took position like Trump did on May 2, when he barred former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress about obstruction of justice by the president.. ..…
With the help of Jim Lesar, FOIA, ation about Miami-based CIA operative named George Joannides. ..…
One month its contents have been made public meaning that Department of Justice is no longer the only one analyzing and interpreting Mueller's findings.. ..…
Watergate teaches that, the ploy can boomerang both politically and legally... ..…
By the branch following, For instance, to address ethical breaches Watergate, Congress passed legislation establishing independent counsel, official. ..…
Almost no one, however, would be able to identify James Jesus Angleton, despite his key role as leader of the agency's head of counter-intelligence operations during the height of Cold War. ..…
Abraham Lincoln used the power to suspend habeas corpus during Civil War, while Franklin Roosevelt used it to order the internment of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.. ..…
One of the powers given to the branch is to spend money, or to appropriate money for the branch to spend, in enforcing the law. ..…
President Trump's threat during his 2019 State of the Union that investigations conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Democratic House will jeopardize peace and legislation will not insulate him from criminal probes and congressional inquiries.. ..…
The lawless state of our Southern Border is threat to the safety, security and financial well-being of all Americans... ..…
Editor's note In his second State of Union address, President Donald Trump ranged from generous to combative, eloquent to blunt. ..…
President Donald Trump at State of Union address in the chamber of U.S. ..…
The lawless state of our Southern Border is threat to the safety, security and financial well-being of all Americans... ..…
President Trump speaks to reporters with Vice President Mike Pence January 9, 2019 The prospect of Trump declaring emergency to fund construction of border fence puts us in twilight zone. ..…
few Americans realize they have lived under nearly 30 states of emergency for most of their lives. ..…
The common denominators for these three Congresses are that the president is up for re-election, Senate is controlled by the president's party and House of Representatives is controlled by the opposition.. ..…
Until 1974, when a post-Watergate Congress strengthened transparency, there also was no Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which has permitted researchers and journalists to obtain federal government documents that shed light on the U.S. military’s activities and U.S arms transfers. ..…
Spurred to action by President Richard Nixon's expansive use of power and by Watergate, Congress created budget process, prohibited the impoundment of funds, expanded its own expertise through creation of Congressional Budget Office, passed War Powers Resolution and served as check on..…
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra posted on Department of Justice website listing of numerous laws and regulations that collectively sum up the nation's protracted struggle with corruption... ..…
the collection of metadata or non-content records may be authorized under lower evidentiary standard, of the law.. ..…
the collection of metadata or non-content records may be authorized under lower evidentiary standard, of the law.. ..…
Washington The National Archives released central set of documents from Watergate on Wednesday, including indictment against President Richard Nixon, ing to its in the current era... ..…
there's only one way to ensure it plays out to its conclusion Congress must protect Mueller by re-establishing Special Prosecutor's office and putting him in charge of it.. ..…
Valeo fight also helped inspire Ed Crane, former chairman of Libertarian Party, to create equivalent to the predominant think tanks of the day — Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute.. ..…
The Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act, is thorough attempt to end the influence of money on all three branches of government — legislative, executive, and judicial. ..…
Based on what President Donald Trump hears on television about Federal Election Commission, the nation's cable news consumer-in-chief must be panicked.. ..…
Valeo fight also helped inspire Ed Crane, former chairman of Libertarian Party, to create equivalent to the predominant think tanks of the day — Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute.. ..…
But Blumenthal wants Rosenstein to delegate the job of selecting the candidate to DOJ official, not appointee, in effort to assure impartiality.. ..…
Throughout much of the era, the national political system was the opposite of what it's Democrats had virtual lock on Congress while Republicans dominated the presidency. ..…
The Center for Public Integrity has described in detail what Citizens United meant in the world of money and politics. ..…
The most talked-about article Washington this week is the one by political scientists Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein blaming polarization and gridlock on Republican Party. ..…
In nutshell, corporations and unions now have First Amendment right as people do to spend as much money as they want on advertising and other political spending to get candidates elected — as long as they are not in cahoots with them.. ..…
WASHINGTON — In potential boost to backers of campaign finance reform, Supreme Court Monday upheld the power to limit individual contributions to political candidates.. ..…