Latest in Congress
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The Situation: Kash Patel’s “Odor of Mendacity”
Any FBI agent who testified as the FBI director nominee did would lose his job. -
Lawfare No Bull: Confirmation Hearing for Director of National Intelligence Nominee Tulsi Gabbard
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Lawfare No Bull: Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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The Case Against IEEPA Tariffs
Forcing Trump to use trade statutes—or to go to Congress to seek new authorities—would be more consistent with IEEPA’s history and practice. -
Breaking Down OPM’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Email to Federal Workers
Though the subject line borrows a phrase from Musk’s Twitter email, the federal government is not a private company, and its HR policies are arcane and legally binding. -
The Patel Dossier
Everything you want to know about Kash Patel—and so very much more. -
A Primer on the Impoundment Control Act
Refusals to undertake required spending are already a major theme of Trump’s second term, but the law limits such executive action. -
Trump Orders Pause on Federal Financial Assistance
The memorandum directs agencies to pause funding and conduct a review of programs implicated by executive orders. -
Lawfare Live: Patel, Gabbard, and Kennedy Confirmation Hearings
Watch the discussion on Jan. 30 at 4 pm ET. -
The Situation: Horsepeople of the Trumpocalypse
Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have one thing in common: They believe things that aren’t true. -
Reconstruction and the Pursuit of ‘Loyal’ Governance
A review of Mark A. Graber, “Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War” (University Press of Kansas, 2023). -
Lawfare No Bull: Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security Nominee Kristi Noem


