At this event, four distinguished lawyers who have significant experience both in government and constitutional law will discuss the key constitutional issues that are essential to understand in this controversy, the precedents from similar disputes in the past, and the implications for the future if either the president’s position or the opponents' position is ultimately upheld by the courts.

Ten months into the Obama presidency, there have been impressive successes on the government-reform front, and at least one place where the failure to move quickly has seriously hampered the Obama presidency and the implementation of good policy.

The impetus for abolishing gubernatorial appointments to fill Senate vacancies is understandable, but getting rid of these appointments has its own set of problems.

The new government in Yemen has extracted several of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s cronies from the country’s power structure, including demotion of Saleh’s half-brother Mohammed al Ahmar and nephew Tareq Mohammed Saleh, the former heads of the Air Force and Presidential Guard, respectively.

President Obama’s scorn for the Constitution has been expressed most recently in his "recess" appointments of members of the National Labor Relations Board and the chairmanship of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Congress has long been silent on President George W. Bush's abuse of power.

The tension between Congress and the president is palpable, and nowhere is that more true than in the controversy over recess appointments.

The judicial confirmation process is a mess. There is no sign, anywhere, that it will get better.