J. David Alvis

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J. David Alvis is an associate professor of government at Wofford College.

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    How Congress Shackles the Executive and Undermines President’s Accountability to People

    J. David Alvis
    This summer, Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill to restore the “original understanding of the president’s constitutional power to remove his subordinates.” As I wrote in a recent First Principles essay, this is a good thing. The power of presidents to faithfully enforce the law by removing principal officers in…
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