by Michael Lind
In recent years, the idea of promoting widespread property ownership in the United States by means of public policy has enjoyed a renaissance across the political spectrum. George W. Bush and other American …
by Elizabeth Warren, Sandy Baum, and Ganesh Sitaraman
Americans are a contentious lot. We express an astonishing variety of opinions about politics and religion, sports teams and movies, vitamin supplements and workplace dress codes. Differences on …
by Jacob S. Hacker
Over the past generation, the economic risks American families face have increased substantially. Yet public programs have largely failed to adapt to these new and newly intensified risks, and private workplace benefits …
BY PATRICIA WALD & NEIL KINKOPF
Senator Schumer identifies a “sustained and systematic assault” from Congress’s sister branches as the primary cause of weakening Congressional power in recent years. He provides a masterful account of the …
BY CHARLES E. SCHUMER
Every basic civics text recites that our government is divided into three branches and that these three branches are co-equal partners. But as true as that once was, this system of exquisite …
by DALE BRYK
With federal policy makers largely neglecting their environmental stewardship responsibilities, state governments are coming up with efficient, market-friendly approaches to environmental problems.
Despite widespread support for federal action to limit global …
by Stephen I. Vladeck
The debate over the proper balance between national security and freedom of the press has traditionally focused on the media’s potential criminal liability for publishing sensitive information, as was threatened after the …
by Geoffrey R. Stone
A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has …
Robin West*
Professor Levinson has wisely called for an extended conversation regarding the possibility and desirability of a new Constitutional Convention, which might be called so as to correct some of the more …
by Adrian Vermeule*
Sandy Levinson argues that our Constitution is undemocratic, and that this is a bad thing.1 In his essay for this symposium and in his new book,2 Levinson’s principal targets are the hopeless malapportionment …
