What is the link between the vigorous exercise of executive power and presidential greatness? What lessons can be learned from the past?

The growth of law and litigation since the 1960s is often decried for being costly and inefficient. But what about the benefits? Hasn't expanded liability also produced greater fairness and accountability and more responsible decisions? In his new book, Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law (Norton, 2009),...

In his newest book, War by Other Means: An Insider’s Account of the War on Terror (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006), AEI visiting scholar John Yoo describes how the Bush administration grappled with the legal questions brought about by the events of September 11 and the early days of the War...

In the recent case of Abigail Alliance v. von Eschenbach, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the due process clause required the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow terminally ill patients the opportunity to use last-hope drugs that have...

Should she be confirmed, Judge Sonia Sotomayor may not prove an effective advocate for her liberal views on the Supreme Court.