We all know the tremendous debt which is owed by our society to the veterans of America who have fought in wars to establish and maintain our liberty.
One of the constitutional responsibilities of the Senate is to conduct oversight on activities of the Federal Government.
Do you think there ought to be a balancing test?
It would grant the government's claim on the determination by defining 'state secret' as any information that, if publicly disclosed, would ...
I believe that the pending legislation is very salutary because it brings the court into the picture to make a determination on whether ther...
I do not doubt or deny the need for the expansion of executive authority, but I think there has to be a check and a balance.
We have to be very careful when we exclude the judicial process in the determination of these issues.
We are living in an era of extraordinary expansion of executive authority.
Regrettably, the congressional oversight factor has been totally ineffective in restraining the expansion of executive authority.
It's political.
Mr. Vatis, do you think there ought to be a balancing test?