Congressional Oversight

Four Topics the Judiciary Committee Must Focus on in Barr Hearing

by Lisa Gilbert

Jul 24th, 2020

Questions the Senate Should Ask State Legal Adviser Nominee CJ Mahoney

by Tess Bridgeman and Danielle Schulkin

Jul 20th, 2020

The Life and Adventures of Ron Johnson: His Journey Through “Multiple Untruths” to the Fable of Obamagate

by Sidney Blumenthal

Jul 17th, 2020

Pardoning Roger Stone Could Itself Be an Unpardonable Crime

by Sam Berger

Jul 10th, 2020

Supreme Court on Trump’s Finances: Glass Three Quarters Full for Rule of Law

by Norman L. Eisen and Victoria Bassetti

Jul 9th, 2020

Specific Questions for Congress (and News Media) to Ask Attorney General Barr

by Joshua Geltzer, Ryan Goodman and Asha Rangappa

Jun 22nd, 2020

The Untold Power of Bill Barr to Direct US Military Forces in Case of “Civil Unrest”

by Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck

Jun 9th, 2020

State’s Selective Cooperation with Congress Raises Legal Questions that Demand Answers

by Donald K. Sherman

May 29th, 2020

How States Supporting Armed Proxies Can Reduce Civilian Casualties and Protracted Hostilities

by Brittany Benowitz and Alicia Ceccanese

May 20th, 2020

Congress Must Insert Oversight of Intel Community in COVID Emergency Legislation

by Geoffrey Block

Apr 6th, 2020

The Right Way to Reform the U.S. President’s International Emergency Powers

by Peter Harrell

Mar 26th, 2020

The Soleimani Strike and the Case for War Powers Reform

by Stephen Pomper

Mar 11th, 2020

What to Watch For in White House’s Annual Report on Use of Military Force

by Rita Siemion and Benjamin Haas

Feb 29th, 2020

New Online Resource: War Powers and Presidential Practice

by Tess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner

Feb 24th, 2020

Public Document Clearinghouse: Ukraine Impeachment Trial

by Julia Brooks and William Dawley

Feb 15th, 2020

Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Biden, and Ukrainegate

by Viola Gienger and Ryan Goodman

Jan 31st, 2020

How Late DCI William Colby Saved the CIA, and What That Can Teach Us Today

by Martin Edwin Andersen

Jan 16th, 2020

The 30-Day Clock: Recent Law Requires Trump Admin. to Make Full Public Report on Soleimani and Shahlai Strikes

by Rita Siemion and Benjamin Haas

Jan 13th, 2020

The Soleimani Strike and War Powers

by Tess Bridgeman

Jan 6th, 2020

The Missing Assistant Secretary of Defense and the Soleimani Strike

by Luke Hartig

Jan 3rd, 2020

Top Experts’ Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law

by Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman

Jan 3rd, 2020

With Supreme Court Mired in Dark Money, Time for Large Dose of Transparency

by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Dec 4th, 2019

Understanding the Two Mazars Subpoena Cases Before the Supreme Court [UPDATED to reflect 11/25 stay of mandate]

by Marty Lederman

Nov 25th, 2019

Trump and GOP Call to ID Whistleblower Exposes Glaring Gaps in Protections

by Kel McClanahan

Nov 20th, 2019

Executive Privilege is No Bar to Testimony Before Impeachment Investigators

by Lawrence Friedman

Nov 4th, 2019

Why Officials Keep Testifying Despite White House Counsel’s Letter on Impeachment Inquiry

by Michael Stern

Oct 28th, 2019

Whistleblowing in Washington: Lessons Learned and Unlearned

by Patrick G. Eddington

Oct 14th, 2019

The Need for a Bipartisan Stand Against the White House Counsel Letter

by Gregg T. Nunziata

Oct 11th, 2019

White House Letter Distorts Both Law and History on Impeachment

by Frank O. Bowman, III

Oct 10th, 2019

Two Major Distortions in the White House’s Scorched Earth Letter to Congress