Trump v. Slaughter Part II: Look at Me, I am the Government Now

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The episode explores the Trump Administration's theory of executive power and its contrasts with Progressive judicial philosophy as presented by Supreme Court Justices.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claremontinstitute.substack.com In this installment of our Trump v. Slaughter mini-series, Spencer and Ryan get to the heart of the Trump Administration’s theory of executive power, and how it’s derived from history and case law. Then they address the various counterarguments and lines of questioning from Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson, respectively. Each of the Court’s three liberals reveals a different aspect of the Progressive judicial philosophy, and illuminates by contrast what the Trump Administration is trying to do. Next week: the other side gets its turn in the hot seat!

People in this episode

Hosts: Spencer, Ryan

Topics covered

• executive power
• Trump Administration
• Progressive judicial philosophy
• Supreme Court
• case law
• counterarguments

Keywords

• Trump
• executive power
• Supreme Court
• Kagan
• Sotomayor
• Jackson
• case law
• Progressive
• judicial philosophy

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Organizations: Trump Administration, Claremont Institute

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