Bruce Fein
Bruce Fein
Bruce Fein is an American lawyer who specializes in constitutional and international law. Fein has written numerous articles on constitutional issues for The Washington Times, Slate.com, The New York Times, and Legal Times, and is active on civil liberties issues. He has worked for the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation, both conservative think tanks, as an analyst and commentator...
unique government arms
Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government....
father angel winning
...[O]ur Founding Fathers enshrined a constitutional separation of powers for the ages undeluded by the fantasy that angels would win elections.
candidate favor insofar likely others
Here, insofar as there is discrepancy, it is not like the others that are politically neutral, ... Here, it is patently likely to favor one candidate or another.
burden establish persuasion president
The burden of persuasion is on the president to establish the program's legality.
embracing move opportunity public
They should be embracing those memos. They are squandering the opportunity to move public perception.
losing people playing senate
I think the administration is misreading the Senate and the public, because you end up losing more if your credibility is strained and people think you're playing them for dupes.
blind ignore national pay president
He will not be blunderbuss and say the president has carte blanche, ... On the other hand, he is not going to ignore national security. He will pay deference, but not blind deference.
appointed defend justices pattern president
There is no pattern of demonstration that justices appointed by the president then try to defend the president's constitutional prerogatives.
teach nations
History teaches that nations do not learn from history.