But those sorts of efforts are faithful to the basic principle of democratic accountability, the idea that a single individual cannot change laws without getting Congress to go along ― or without ...

Principle 3: People who behave stupidly are more dangerous than people who behave maliciously. Evil people at least have some accurate sense of their own self-interest, which might restrain them.

Legal experts say that while FBI director nominee Kash Patel's opposition to a warrant requirement shocked some lawmakers, the warrant requirement debate is far from new.