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.
John Eastman is Founding Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and currently serves as the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute.
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Dr. John C. Eastman is joined by David W. Casazza and Denise Harle to discuss the Benisek v. Lamone followed by a discussion on NIFLA v. Becerra.
Charles Kesler compares and contrasts the Roman republic with the current state of American democracy.
Dean Reuter, Hans A. von Spakovsky, and Lawrence VanDyke discuss our increasingly politicized executive branch.