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Bruce Fein

Bruce Fein served as associate deputy attorney general and general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission under President Reagan. He is now a partner in the firm Fein & DelValle, PLLC. Mr. Fein is also the author of "American Empire Before the Fall and Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy." You can contact him at Brucefeinlaw.

Articles by Bruce Fein

Sen. John McCain, the Constitution and Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

It is not that United States Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, should be loved less, but that the Constitution should be loved more that he should be rebuked for declaring that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is "clearly a deserter" who should be punished.

August 23, 2016

Michael Morell the best the CIA has to offer?

If Mr. Morell is the best the CIA has to offer, the agency should be replaced with a subscription to The New York Times at a savings of approximately $15 billion annually.

August 23, 2016

Obama’s protocols for deciding whether to kill you

On Aug. 5, President Obama released a declassified May 22, 2013 document euphemistically styled Presidential Policy Guidance. It delineates the secret procedures the president has promised to employ (shielded from outside scrutiny or verification) to determine whether any person on the planet shall live or die based on his say-so alone.

August 22, 2016

Army generals playing James Madison

Active or retired United States Army generals like David Petraeus advising on political arrangements in foreign lands to promote peace, government legitimacy, and liberty are like dogs walking on his their hind legs. As British sage Samuel Johnson would have said, "It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all."

August 21, 2016

Myths about wars, presidents, the Constitution

The U.S. Constitution's architects unanimously agreed on the allocation of war powers. They unanimously agreed that only Congress should be entrusted with decisions to initiate war.

August 8, 2016

Commander in chief Donald Trump? Hillary Clinton?

In serving as commander in chief, the president's character, actions and words are pivotal to military morale and victory.

August 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton is greater danger

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton more threatens the Constitution's separation of powers and celebration of liberty than does her vulgar Neanderthal opponent, Republican Party nominee Donald Trump.

August 1, 2016

CIA exposes Russian DNC email ineptitude

I would have expected more adeptness from Russian President Vladimir Putin, a former intelligence superstar in the Soviet Union's legendary KGB.

July 26, 2016

Donald Trump’s modest proposals to make America great again

As Donald Trump might say, if the following modest proposals are not true, they should be true, and that is all that matters.

July 25, 2016

Microsoft and surveillance: A refreshing ruling for the right to be let alone

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D .Brandeis explained in Olmstead v. United States (1928) that, "[The makers of our Constitution] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone--the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men."

July 18, 2016

Why the 2016 presidential race is unimportant

Whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton captures the White House, we will continue down the path of self-ruination driven by the multi-trillion dollar military-industrial-counterterrorism complex (MICC) that de facto rules the country with the acquiescence of both major parties encouraged by an uninformed and docile public.

July 10, 2016

Gun proponents seek resurrection of due process

Proponents of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms are invoking constitutional due process to defeat legislation that would prohibit persons on the government's terrorist watch or no-fly lists from purchasing firearms. Due process, however, was crucified on a national security cross long ago.

July 6, 2016

Obama’s war falsehoods

Nothing is truer than philosopher Samuel Johnson's apercu 258 years ago in The Idler that, "Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages."

July 4, 2016

Countering violent extremism - end government extremism

There is a simple and costless strategy to diminish or slash the incidence of violent extremism in the United States: End government extremism

July 1, 2016

Ousting House Speaker Paul Ryan for dereliction of constitutional duty

House Speaker Paul Ryan should be removed for dereliction of constitutional duty and should be replaced by Congressman Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican.

June 27, 2016

House Speaker Paul Ryan should resign

House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, should resign. He has flouted his constitutional oath to defend the Constitution of the United States. He has surrendered the supreme national security and oversight powers of Congress to President Barack Obama without fighting a single battle.

June 20, 2016