Congress
The CIA’s “Intelligence Authorization Act” Would Criminalize Whistleblowers and Reporters
A CIA written Bill called the Intelligence Authorization Act (SB 3153) would criminalize whistleblowers and reporters. Section 733 Sense of Congress on WikiLeaks: “It is the sense of Congress that WikiLeaks and the senior leadership of WikiLeaks resemble a...
Trump Administration Will Likely Hit Borrowing Limit Sooner Than Expected
Aided and abetted by Congress, the Trump administration continues to spend America into oblivion. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin wants Congress to go ahead and raise the debt ceiling before the August recess because analysts now think the government will hit...
Clutching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: Gundy and the Prohibition on Delegation
The prohibition on the delegation of legislative power to the executive is one of the key structural features of the Constitution’s original meaning. The prohibition prevents the legislature from passing a law that authorizes the executive (instead of the legislature)...
Congress Fiddles While Trump Lurches Toward War on Iran
by Ron Paul Congress, and particularly the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, seems determined to see the end of the Trump Administration before the 2020 vote. Although House Speaker Pelosi claims she is not seeking impeachment, she’s accusing the president...