Abolish the FISA Court
The introduction of judges shields the executive branch from accountability.
William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
Mr. McGurn has served as chief editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. And in the mid-1990s, he was Washington Bureau Chief for National Review.
Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong ("Perfidious Albion") and a monograph on terrorism ("Terrorist or Freedom Fighter"). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, holds a BA in philosophy from Notre Dame and an MS in Communications from Boston University.
July 23, 2018 11:22 pm ET
The introduction of judges shields the executive branch from accountability.
July 16, 2018 10:02 pm ET
‘I order declassified all FBI and Justice material Congress has subpoenaed.’
July 9, 2018 11:05 pm ET
Trading Democratic Senate seats to block Trump’s nominee. What could go wrong?
July 2, 2018 11:08 pm ET
The Supreme Court is the Democrats’ preferred legislature for social issues.
June 25, 2018 10:35 pm ET
Asian-Americans challenge party orthodoxy on race-based admissions.
June 18, 2018 11:06 pm ET
How Congress can remind the unelected government it answers to the elected part.
June 11, 2018 10:20 pm ET
A racial minority fights discrimination from elite schools and universities.
June 4, 2018 10:58 pm ET
What did the bureau know, when did it know it, and how did it learn it?
May 28, 2018 06:44 pm ET
The world is safer when foreign powers know not to mess with Americans abroad.
May 14, 2018 10:50 pm ET
Behind the caricature is someone who has spent her life building strong women.
May 7, 2018 10:24 pm ET
Limiting Congress but letting the special counsel do pretty much what he pleases.