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2022 Update: Good Governance Paper No. 15: Enforcing the Emoluments Clauses

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.

Good Governance Paper No. 15: Enforcing the Emoluments Clauses

Fourteenth essay in a series of top experts exploring proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule of law.
People demonstrate against President Richard Nixon and for the implementation of the impeachment proceedings, 30 January 1974 in Washington.

Recently Released OLC Opinions From 1974 Shed Light on Current Legal Debates

Earlier this month, my colleagues and I at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University secured the release of 96 previously withheld opinions authored by the Justice…

Mixing Politics with Business: A Master List of Trump’s Conflicts of Interest

Remember that giant pile of manila folders? They were stacked high at Donald Trump’s press conference on Jan. 11. While no one was allowed to take a closer look at them, the…

Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (June 9-June 16)

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
Jared Kushner

Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (May 26-June 2)

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…

The Impeachment Clause and Two Types of “Bribery”

It is one of the most insidious developments of our constitutional discourse that many people still believe that the grounds for impeachment are, “whatever the House of Representatives…

Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Feb. 17-24)

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
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