Constitutional scholars to Congress: Senate has the power to try a president after term ends.

Protecting Congress’s Power of the Purse

For decades, Congress has given up control of one its most fundamental powers by delegating budget authority to the executive and engaging in insufficient oversight over federal spending.

July 1, 2020

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Issue

Ensuring Independence for the Department of Justice

Sheldon Whitehouse, Kamala Harris, and Richard Blumenthal, and Hakeem Jeffries have proposed legislation to help restore the longstanding norm of Department of Justice (DOJ) independence.

June 10, 2020

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Analysis