Checking the Pardon Power: Areas of Abuse
To determine whether a president abuses the pardon power requires assessing whether a pardon violates constitutional provisions or principles and thus upsets the constitutional order.
April 11, 2024
Checking the Pardon Power: Preventing & Responding to Abuse
As with any abuses of executive power, each branch of government must protect the Constitution against abusive exercises of the pardon power.
April 11, 2024
Checking the Pardon Power
This paper reviews an array of limitations on the presidential pardon power.
April 11, 2024
Protect Democracy Launches New Guide on Elections & the Trump Prosecutions
In a new guide our team analyzed the relevant law, history, government policies to assemble a framework for assessing the propriety and timing of criminal trials in relation to elections.
April 3, 2024
Prosecuting Political Leaders During an Election
A framework for understanding when it’s appropriate to prosecute a candidate for public office
April 3, 2024
The presidential pardon power, explained
Presidential pardons are subject to various constitutional constraints.
March 18, 2024
The interesting history and opportunity of Biden’s evolution on war powersÂ
The Yemen strikes show a need for Congress to reassert its role in war making and reestablish the balance the Founders envisioned.
March 5, 2024
Federal Appeals Court Rules for Free Speech & Free Enterprise, Rejecting Florida Law Censoring Private Companies’ Speech on Race and Gender
In a major victory for free speech in the workplace, a federal appeals court affirmed the injunction against the employer provisions of HB 7.
March 4, 2024
Why protecting school libraries can help protect our democracy
If successful, efforts to remove books based on viewpoint will grant government the power to warp and undermine the very democracy it was meant to serve.
January 18, 2024
Big Win: Federal Judge Rules Lawsuit Challenging Removal of Books from School Library Shelves Can Move ForwardÂ
In a victory against Escambia County School Board’s removal of books from public school libraries, a federal judge ruled that our lawsuit challenging the removals could move forward.
January 10, 2024