Can the President do that? – with Jack Goldsmith and Ilya Shapiro

About this episode

The episode discusses the power of the American presidency with legal experts Jack Goldsmith and Ilya Shapiro.

Has the American presidency become too powerful? In this episode, Governors Bredesen and Haslam are joined by Jack Goldsmith, a professor at Harvard Law School, and Ilya Shaprio, a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, to discuss the history, arguments, and constitutional stakes behind the not-so-simple question: can the President really do that?

People in this episode

Hosts: Governors Bredesen, Haslam

Guests: Jack Goldsmith, Ilya Shapiro

Topics covered

• American presidency
• constitutional law
• executive power
• political history
• government authority

Keywords

• presidency
• executive power
• constitutional stakes
• government
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Law School, Manhattan Institute

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