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Jack Goldsmith
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Trump Doesn’t Have What It Takes to Be a Great President
January 23, 2025
An op-ed by Jack Goldsmith: Donald Trump enters his second presidency, as he did his first, pledging to wield executive power in novel and aggressive…
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As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency
January 13, 2025
A big economic package, mass deportations, maybe even some invasions of other countries. Oh, and one more item. “I’ll do my little thing tomorrow,” a…
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‘It Will Be a More Robust Check on Trump Than the G.O.P. Congress’: Three Legal Experts on Trump 2.0
December 20, 2024
Kate Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Times Opinion columnist David French and Jack Goldsmith, a law professor at Harvard…
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How Trump Will Lawfully Appoint Loyalists Without Senate Consent
December 12, 2024
An article by Jack Goldsmith: President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 10 tweet on the possibility of recess appointments for his nominees set off a flurry of…
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End of Trump Cases Leaves Limits on Presidential Criminality Unclear
November 25, 2024
The end of the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday left momentous, unsettled questions about constraints on criminal wrongdoing by…
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Does a parent’s authority end at the schoolhouse door?
November 19, 2024
At Harvard Law’s Herbert W. Vaughan Memorial Lecture, three experts — Melissa Moschella, Anne C. Dailey ’87, and Erika Bachiochi — debated the meaning of a 100-year-old Supreme Court decision on parents’ rights.
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Former DOJ official questions release of Trump evidence
October 18, 2024
As Donald Trump’s election interference case continues to make its way through federal court, some legal analysts are questioning the Justice Department’s handling of the…
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Jack Smith Owes Us an Explanation
October 9, 2024
An op-ed by Jack Goldsmith: Last week a judge unsealed a 165-page legal brief with damaging new revelations about President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn…
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Lawfare — the distortion of the legal system to pursue political adversaries — is a growing threat to constitutional government. For Republicans, former president Donald…
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A bipartisan group of former senior officials are urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reign in a president’s ability to deploy the U.S. military within…
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The origins of the Insurrection Act lie in a 1792 law that enabled President George Washington to lead troops against the Whiskey Rebellion. President Abraham…
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear
April 25, 2024
The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear former President Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during…
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Jack Goldsmith’s Road Map on Trump v. United States
April 24, 2024
For those who want a very deep dive into the issues that the Supreme Court will be exploring at the oral argument on Thursday in…
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Examining the push to reform the Insurrection Act
April 10, 2024
A bipartisan group of former senior officials are urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reign in a president’s ability to deploy the U.S. military within…
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A bipartisan group of former senior national security and legal officials, including veterans of the Trump administration, are urging lawmakers to impose new limits on…
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When former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company went public this week, supporters and investors betting on Mr. Trump’s political success helped drive the…
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A bipartisan group of legal experts is sounding an alarm about presidential power this election season. They’re pushing Congress to update a cluster of laws…