Thoughts on How to Defend Reproductive Rights on the Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Decision

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-to-save-roe-v-wade-is-the-wrong-question


Lindsey Graham Shows Us The Wrong Way to Talk About Terrorism

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17521/lindsey_graham_terrorism


Nicole Wallace Said Something Very Dangerous on Morning Joe

Torture is now apparently a matter of partisan debate–that’s not good:

https://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/torture-and-the-rule-of-law


President Obama’s Actions on Immigration Are Not the Acts of a Dictator

Republicans argue that President Obama can’t be stopped, but their rhetoric doesn’t match the reality:


The Supreme Court and executive power–Zivotofsky

My take on a case before the Court this term that gives the Court a chance to correct a dangerous error:
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/11/zivotofsky-and-the-integrity-of-the-supreme-court/


National Constitution Center podcast with Lou Fisher and Jeff Rosen–discussing legality of President Obama’s actions re: immigration

Here’s a link: http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/11/podcast-experts-discuss-the-constitution-immigration-and-executive-powers/


My take on President Obama’s upcoming action on immigration

I think President Obama is likely to be on solid legal ground, and wonder why Republicans are more charged up about unilateral domestic action than about unilateral national security action–at the Hill.com:

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/224887-the-curious-case-of-gop-objections-to-executive-action

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Two recent pieces on military action against ISIS

http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/what-it-means-for-congress-to-fail-to-weigh-in-on-military-action-against-isis

and

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/09/on-isil-congress-must-act/


Obama and Iraq, Obama and Immigration

A couple of pieces on Obama–one on Iraq http://reason.com/archives/2014/08/08/the-danger-of-unilateral-presidential-ac and one on immigration: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/214655-obama-may-be-playing-into-republicans-hands-by-claiming


Why Boehner’s Lawsuit Misses the Mark

My latest piece for the Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/211322-boehner-lawsuit-likely-to-miss-mark-with-focus-on