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Are we Britain yet?

What an irony that as we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our break from the Mother Country, we have taken on some of the characteristics of the government we declared independence from in 1776.

Barbara Perry

Reid’s tenure as registered foreign agent faces fresh scrutiny in lieutenant governor bid

David Leblang, the Randolph Compton professor of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, said Qorvis has a history of representing foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

David Leblang

The government shutdown

As midnight passed on the night of September 30, the U.S. federal government shut down for the first time since January 2019. This shutdown, however, is different from its predecessors. White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has threatened to use the powers afforded to OMB under the Anti-Deficiency Act to implement permanent “Reductions in Force” for any employees whose work is deemed to be “not consistent with the President’s priorities.”

Guian McKee

IEEPA Authorizes Asset Freezing, Not Seizing

Treating a tax or tariff as different from a confiscation is an interpretive issue that should be decided by Congress, not the judiciary.

Paul Stephan

Ways forward from Israeli PM UN speech

Mara Rudman discusses how measures like the Abraham Accords could incentivize an economic and security framework that would serve Israel and other regional actors' interests, and those of the U.S. and Europe.

Mara Rudman

Legal experts say Trump’s indictment of Comey is a test of justice

“The Comey indictment is notable for its personalized politicization being so open,” said Andrew Rudalevige, a professor of government at Bowdoin College. “The same actions carried out clandestinely would seem scandalous, because they are — and the fact they were so blatantly advertised does not make them less corrupt.”

Andrew Rudalevige