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Demonic Charisma

Eric Edelman and Benjamin Wittes join to discuss Ukraine’s coming offensive, the end of Title 42 and a looming immigration crisis, and the 30-car pile up that was CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump.

Eric Edelman

As Covid Emergency Ends, U.S. Response Shifts to Peacetime Mode

The Covid Crisis Group, a panel of experts led by Philip D. Zelikow, a University of Virginia historian who ran the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks, says Congress and policymakers must view infectious disease threats through a national security lens.

Philip Zelikow

U.S. Senators Revive Bid to Form Covid-19 Commission

“I know that the administration didn’t support it,” said Mr. Zelikow, referring to a national commission. “We decided that the window for political action might be closing. So we needed to proceed with our own report.”

Philip Zelikow

The Executive Power of Removal

Whether the Constitution grants the President a removal power is a longstanding, far-reaching, and hotly contested question. Based on new materials from the Founding and early practice, we defend the Madisonian view that the “executive power” encompassed authority to remove executive officials at pleasure. This conception prevailed in Congress and described executive branch practice, with Presidents issuing commissions during pleasure and removing executive officers at will.

Saikrishna Prakash

How to Overhaul the C.D.C.

Long recognized as the nation’s leading public health institution and widely respected around the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently seen its reputation shaken and its performance compromised. As a result, public trust in the institution has eroded‌. Amid that backdrop, we recently conducted an independent and bipartisan investigation of the C.D.C.’s pandemic preparedness and response during the Covid-19 pandemic. And we concluded that the agency needs a serious reset — urgently so. The health and resilience of the country hangs in the balance.

J. Stephen Morrison

Citron elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

University of Virginia School of Law professor Danielle Citron, an expert in privacy law who has advanced the idea of intimate privacy as a civil right, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Danielle K. Citron