Robert J. Delahunty

Robert J. Delahunty is the Washington Fellow at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life.

The Electoral Count Act Debate Understates the Vice President’s Role

By John Yoo & Robert J. Delahunty February 28, 2022

Whatever roles the Constitution may assign to the states, the vice president, or the federal courts in resolving disputed electoral votes, it excludes Congress.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Why Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Fails the Constitutional Test

By John Yoo & Robert J. Delahunty September 23, 2021

In the name of an ‘emergency,’ the administration is invoking a 50-year-old statute of doubtful relevance to justify a sweeping mandate over the private sector.

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

Why We Failed in Afghanistan

By John Yoo & Robert J. Delahunty September 1, 2021

Following the ignominious end to a 20-year effort, American foreign-policy elites must reassess their ambitions and assumptions.

White House

Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Extension Is Executive Overreach

By John Yoo & Robert J. Delahunty August 11, 2021

Presidents do have broad authority to deal with emergencies. But what Biden has done exceeds any such justification.

NR PLUS World

Biden Doesn’t Need to Restrain His War Powers

By John Yoo & Robert J. Delahunty March 12, 2021

Biden seems disposed to resuscitate the War Powers Resolution of 1973, ignoring that presidents have broad latitude to undertake military engagements.