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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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January 12, 2011
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: Congress’s Vote to Authorize the Gulf War
On this day in 1991, Congress voted to authorize President George H.W. Bush to use military force against Iraq to end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. The House vote was 250 to 183. The Senat…
March 11, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Is Obama “Dithering” on Libya?
Anti-Qaddafi protesters attend Friday prayers today in Benghazi. (Suhaib Salem/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Is President Obama dithering on Libya? The president’s critics certainly think so and…
March 25, 2011
Defense and Security
Is Operation Odyssey Dawn Constitutional? Obama Versus the Framers
I noted in a post earlier today that President Obama can make a credible legal case—if he were ever forced to make one—that he had all the authority he needed to order Operation Odyssey Dawn. But his…
March 31, 2011
Politics and Government
Is Operation Odyssey Dawn Constitutional? Part III
Yesterday I noted that many legal scholars believe that while the text of the Constitution may not have given presidents an independent war-making authority, they have acquired that through two …
April 5, 2011
Politics and Government
Is Operation Odyssey Dawn Constitutional? Part V
Most Americans think of the Supreme Court as the legal equivalent of a baseball umpire. In their view, the Court’s job is to call legal balls and strikes, and thereby tell us what the law is. So…
