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John Eastman on “The Larry Elder Show” 6.12.17

What is the Constitution's emoluments clause, and what is the argument that President Trump violated it? Claremont CCJ Founding Director Dr. John Eastman joins The Larry Elder Show to discuss DC and Maryland suing President Trump based on the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

Dr. John Eastman is Founding Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute.

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Michael Anton joins “The Lawfare Podcast” 4.23.19

Michael Anton joins "The Lawfare Podcast" to discuss Trump's foreign policy philosophy, the administration's record, and what effect the president's style and norm-breaking has had on his foreign policy agenda.

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Our Partisan Bureaucracy? The IRS, the DOJ, and the Future of Political Activism

When the first Civil Service Reform Act passed in 1883, “good government” reformers envisioned nonpartisan civil servants fairly administering the federal bureaucracy.The executive branch increasingly treats agencies like the IRS and the DOJ not as impartial regulators, but as partisan weapons for intimidating political opponents. Co-hosted with the Federalist Society.

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Text, Typos, and the Right to Bear Arms

For our March town hall, Dr. John C. Eastman is joined by the Cato Institute's Ilya Shapiro and the Texas Public Policy Foundation's John Davidson to discuss the policy considerations and constitutional questions raised by King v. Burwell. Dr. Eastman is then joined by C.D. Michel to discuss Henderson v. United States. The case presents an interesting twist on Second Amendment rights.

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