Readings
Articles
Bai Still Waiting for the Narrator in Chief
Brooks, Tree of Failure
Cain, The Rise of the New Groupthink
Collins, Good to Great and the Social Sector
Deresiewicz, Solitude and Leadership
Gerson, Two Good Arguments for Civility and Passion in Politics
Goldberg, The Enduring Power of Story
Harris and VandeHei, The Age of Rage
Hayward, Why Ronald Reagan’s ‘A Time for Choosing” Endures
Johnsen, Faithfully Executing the Law: Internal Legal Constraints on Executive Power
Packer, Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt
Case Documents
Hollingsworth v. Perry
U.S. v. Windsor
Memos/Other Documents
Eric Holder, Statement on the Litigation Involving DOMA
Office of Legal Counsel, Manual for Attorney Advisers
Office of Legal Counsel, Memorandum on Presidential Authority to Decline to Execute Unconstitutional Laws
Office of Legal Counsel Opinion of Recess Appointments
Various authors, Principles to Guide the Office of Legal Counsel
Speeches and Lectures
Barack Obama, Campaign Speech, Toledo, Ohio, October 13, 2008
Barack Obama, Speech Before the University of Nevada – Las Vegas, July 9, 2010
Barack Obama, Speech at the Tuscon Memorial, January 12, 2011
Judge William Pryor, The Separation of Powers and The Federal and State Executive Duty to Review the Law
Talking Points
Talking Points re: Child Pornography
Talking Points re: Climate Protection
Talking Points re: Elena Kagan Nomination and HLS Faculty Hiring
Testimony
Chairman Goodlatte Statement
Michael Cannon, Cato
Professor Jonathan Turley
Professor Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz
Simon Lazarus
Archived Readings
Office of Legal Counsel, Memorandum for Attorneys of the Office: Best Practices for OLC Opinions
Eric Holder Oversight Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, April 14, 2010
Steven Chu Testimony Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, January 21, 2009
U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Report to Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy (Executive Summary), 1995
U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Report to Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy, 1997
Rhode, Why Lawyers Become Bad Leaders
Savage, How 4 Federal Lawyers Paved the Way to Kill Osama bin Laden
Office of Legal Counsel, Memorandum on Immigration Authorities
The readings contained in the folders above (except for the Archived Readings folder) will be used as part of the course taught in Washington.
In addition, we will be reading several chapters from James Q. Wilson’s 1989 book, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It, Basic Books, ISBN: 978-046500785-1; and Eugene Bardach’s 2012 edition, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis, Sage Publications, ISBN: 978-1-60871-842-9.
Multimedia
This American Life — Elevator Pitch (Advance the player to Act 1 at 8:30):
This American Life v2:
This American Life v3
This American Life v4
On the Media — Prime Numbers:
Morning Edition — Why Your Brain Wants To Help One Child In Need But Not A Million:
Morning Edition — Wikileaks Yemen Story
Conversations with Tyler — Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World:
These audio clips and other multimedia files will be used as part of the course taught in Washington.