<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 
<rss version="2.0"> 
 <channel> 
<title><![CDATA[Eric Posner - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22078.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Eric Posner]]></description><category domain="22078">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Strange Case of Samuel Bankman-Fried]]></title>
							<link>https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20231013/eric-posner-strange-case-samuel-bankman-fried</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20231013/eric-posner-strange-case-samuel-bankman-fried]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eric Posner sees the fallen crypto star as a predictable example of crude utilitarian calculation gone wrong.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Justices Doth Protest Too Much]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/supreme-court-public-approval-in-context-by-eric-posner-2021-10</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/supreme-court-public-approval-in-context-by-eric-posner-2021-10]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the Supreme Court's public approval sinking to a new low, it is understandable that its members are publicly insisting on their objectivity and high-mindedness. But an institution that is elite by design should be wary of dabbling in populist politics.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Long Live the Imperial Presidency?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-imperial-presidency-forged-in-national-crises-by-eric-posner-2021-05</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-imperial-presidency-forged-in-national-crises-by-eric-posner-2021-05]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over time, the office of the US presidency has grown only more powerful, despite perennial hand-wringing by commentators and the party that is out of power. Though there are a number of possible explanations for this trend, the most straightforward is that it is what the public wants.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Try Trump? He's a Reckless Menace to the Public]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-senate-trial-legitimate-but-charge-is-questionable-by-eric-posner-2021-02</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-senate-trial-legitimate-but-charge-is-questionable-by-eric-posner-2021-02]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The case that the former US president incited an insurrection is not open and shut, which gives Republican senators all the justification they need to acquit him. But the real reason for convicting Trump and disqualifying him from holding office again is that he is reckless,...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[America Passed the Trump Stress Test]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-strengthened-american-democracy-by-eric-posner-2020-12</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-strengthened-american-democracy-by-eric-posner-2020-12]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After four years of President Donald Trump's contempt for established political norms, it is tempting to say that American constitutional democracy has suffered long-term damage. But, as the 2020 election showed, the institutions of American democracy have emerged even stronger.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Must Avoid the Trump Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-biden-can-counter-trump-demagoguery-by-eric-posner-2020-08</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-biden-can-counter-trump-demagoguery-by-eric-posner-2020-08]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Donald Trump's popularity continues to drop ahead of November's election, he has sought new ways to stoke the public fear and panic that led him to victory in 2016. For his presumptive opponent, Joe Biden, the best strategy may be to make Trump's demagoguery a theme of his...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[House Democrats Are Making a Serious Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-impeachment-trap-for-democrats-by-eric-posner-2019-10</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-impeachment-trap-for-democrats-by-eric-posner-2019-10]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's Democrats have made a serious mistake by launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. They are replaying the Republican impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998, a futile exercise that damaged Republicans, enhanced Clinton's power, and caused institutional...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Trouble Starts If Facebook's New Currency Succeeds]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/dont-trust-libra-facebooks-new-cryptocurrency/592450/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/dont-trust-libra-facebooks-new-cryptocurrency/592450/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Libra will almost exactly replicate all the problems generated by the company's social network.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Anti-Monopoly Backlash Reaches the Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/apple-v-pepper-isnt-enough-take-down-big-tech/589477/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/apple-v-pepper-isnt-enough-take-down-big-tech/589477/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a 5'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'4 decision, the justices decided not to stand in the way of reining in Big Tech.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Surprising Place Mueller Found Resistance to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/mueller-report-trump-white-house-resitance.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/mueller-report-trump-white-house-resitance.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The strongest pushback against the president came from his own branch of government.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Bill Barr Just Argued Himself Out of a Job]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/opinion/william-barr-attorney-general-memo-trump.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/opinion/william-barr-attorney-general-memo-trump.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His recent memo to President Trump seriously damages his credibility and raises questions about his fitness for the Justice Department'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top position.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Far-Reaching Threats of a Conservative Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/opinion/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-trump-.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/opinion/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-trump-.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will the Supreme Court wipe out the government protections that have shielded Americans from abusive business practices since the New Deal?]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Real Villain Behind Our New Gilded Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/opinion/monopoly-power-new-gilded-age.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/opinion/monopoly-power-new-gilded-age.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not globalization or automation but the lopsided monopoly power that favors corporations.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why the Trump Team Should Fear the Logan Act]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/opinion/trump-team-flynn-logan-act.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/opinion/trump-team-flynn-logan-act.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, acknowledged in court last week that he lied to F.B.I. investigators about his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States in the run-up to Mr. Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s inauguration. While Mr. Flynn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' pleaded...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Government Gorsuch Wants to Undo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/sunday-review/the-government-gorsuch-wants-to-undo.html?ref=opinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/sunday-review/the-government-gorsuch-wants-to-undo.html?ref=opinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At recent Senate hearings to fill the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s open seat, Judge Neil Gorsuch came across as a thoroughly bland and nonthreatening nominee. The idea was to give as little ammunition as possible to opponents when his nomination comes up this week for a vote, one that Senate...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Universities Right to Crack Down on Speech, Behavior]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2015/02/university_speech_codes_students_are_children_who_must_be_protected.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2015/02/university_speech_codes_students_are_children_who_must_be_protected.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Obama Has Legal Authority for Attacks in Syria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2014/09/war_against_isis_in_syria_obama_s_legal_and_political_justifications.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2014/09/war_against_isis_in_syria_obama_s_legal_and_political_justifications.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States is now officially at war with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. U.S. planes began dropping bombs on targets in Syria this week. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has told the Senate that ground troops may be needed. But President...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Regulatory Review Isn't All That New]]></title>
							<link>http://www.tnr.com/article/81990/obama-cost-benefit-revolution</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.tnr.com/article/81990/obama-cost-benefit-revolution]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Posner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, the president issued a new executive order on cost-benefit analysis and regulation. Already, the right has denounced it as a paean to collectivism and the left has declared that Obama has sold out to business groups. In fact, both sides are incorrect. The surprising reality is...]]></description>
						</item></channel>
		</rss>