Presidential Power To Break American Treaties Could Face Test Over North Atlantic Alliance
‘The Senate has no power to force the president to accept a treaty that he opposes,’ one legal sage avers.
By GEORGE WILL
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GEORGE WILL
Washington, D.C.
George Will is a Columnist of the Washington Post.
Mr. Will began his column with the Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977. He is also a regular contributor to NewsNation.
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Ingenious Proposal Emerges for Reforming the Senate Filibuster, Which Promotes Paralysis at Washington
The Senate’s supermajority proves an enabler of presidential unilateralism.
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Wave of College Closings Among ‘Wrenching Changes’ That Could Follow America’s Looming Depopulation Crisis
An attitude adjustment is needed among those who forget that people are resources more valuable than rare earth minerals.
By GEORGE WILL
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Americans Turn to Courts in Search of Accountability for Costly Police Mistakes
Too little training and too much testosterone can have disastrous consequences.
By GEORGE WILL
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California’s Proposed Levy on Billionaires Looks Less Like Taxation, More Like Confiscation
Columbia Law’s Philip Hamburger suggests the proposal would violate the Fifth and 14th Amendments.
By GEORGE WILL
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A 21st-Century Version of Jim Crow Emerges at Seattle, Which Now Faces Scrutiny in Federal Court
The city’s program to promote workforce diversity amounts to an agenda of compelled racial identity.
By GEORGE WILL
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A New Era of ‘Pardon Dystopia,’ Driven by Political Brutishness, Fuels Voters’ Cynicism
Grotesque abuse of this presidential power ‘seems inconsistent with the general structure of checks and balances,’ a scholar asserts.
By GEORGE WILL
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In a Funeral for Economic Liberty, the Casket Cartel Seeks To Bury the Competition
Imagine whiling away eternity in a Mickey Mantle casket. Heavenly.
By GEORGE WILL
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Branding Social Media Platforms ‘Addictive’ Ignores Individual Responsibility
Will government attempt to guarantee the wholesomeness of everything said, read, heard, thought and taught?
By GEORGE WILL
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Smoking’s Unlikely Comeback
There now are so few norms to transgress, for some aspiring renegades cigarettes must suffice.
By GEORGE WILL
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As Midterms Loom, Gladiatorial Politics Substitutes for Governing
Today, many voters at both ends of the ideological spectrum primarily want the same thing: to see the other side lose.
By GEORGE WILL
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The Only Franchise Never To Make the World Series, and Other Baseball Stumpers in the 2026 Opening Day Quiz
Put down your beer, our columnist asks, and identify the player, players, or team as the new season of the National Pastime gets under way.
By GEORGE WILL
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