Charles "Cully" Stimson is the deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, the manager of the National Security Law Program, a senior legal fellow, and a senior advisor to the president at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
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Two words: Carter Page. That’s who drove the House, including members of both parties, to pass major reforms Wednesday evening to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance… Read More
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Jussie Smollett was back in an Illinois court on Monday, and things are not looking good for the ambitious actor. This time, an independent special… Read More
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Ronald Reagan once quipped, “They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.” That’s a lesson Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.,… Read More
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Two of the FBI’s four applications for warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on a Trump campaign adviser lacked probable cause and… Read More
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Since the U.S. killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in a drone strike on Jan. 2, talk has turned to whether the strike was legal… Read More
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is a serious constitutional scholar. He grew up around the law and has a profound respect for the Constitution, its structure… Read More
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A shocking report by the Justice Department’s inspector general lays bare the FBI’s “serious performance failures” in conducting a counterintelligence operation in 2016 against the… Read More
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In the you-just-can’t-make-this-stuff-up category, we interrupt the impeachment proceedings to return to the Jussie Smollett drama. The latest head scratcher is the fact that Smollett… Read More
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The Supreme Court on Nov. 4 heard oral arguments in an immigration case that could have a dramatic impact on how many criminal aliens plaguing… Read More
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The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right of the people to be “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches… Read More
