William Howell

William Howell is the Sydney Stein Professor of American Politics at the University of Chicago and the author, most recently, of The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat.

Why the President Needs More Power

Given congressional dysfunction, the most promising path to effective government may be to enhance presidential power—at least in select ways.

  • William Howell
  • Terry M. Moe

Marching in Formation

Republican partisanship is what delivered Trump the election.

  • William Howell

Executive Secrecy

If we want to check presidential power—and check it we must—then it is essential that we resist claims to executive secrecy.

  • William Howell
  • Mariah Zeisberg
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