Epstein: Executive Power & Authoritarianism
Original description from the Rob Montz Show:
Many people see Trump as revolutionary restoring the sacred ideals of the country. Many others see a tyrant, a mob boss seizing dictatorial power. Who’s right? Is Trump really a dictator?
To sort this out I sat down the legal legend Richard Epstein, a long time law professor at the University of Chicago and New York University who has a mastery over the technical minutiae and legal history of executive authority. Why does he think Trump’s tariffs as obviously unconstitutional? What does he mean that grudges run this administration? And when so many other presidents have snatched power they weren’t supposed to have, is Trump really an outlier?
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Constitutionalism
Amicus Brief: Hon. William P. Barr and Hon. Michael B. Mukasey in Support of Petitioners
Former AGs Barr and Mukasey Cite Civitas in a SCOTUS Brief
Rational Judicial Review: Constitutions as Power-sharing Agreements, Secession, and the Problem of Dred Scott
Judicial review and originalism serve as valuable commitment mechanisms to enforce future compliance with a political bargain.
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Supreme Court showdown exposes shaky case against birthright citizenship
Supreme Court will hear challenges to Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, testing the 14th Amendment's guarantee for babies born in America.
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Just Follow the Law
By definition, no one can lawfully disobey the law. The problem, though, is that it can be difficult to know what the law requires, even for legal experts.
Obamacare Should No Longer be SCOTUScare
Whatever one makes of the Supreme Court’s “why bother” attitude to its prior statutory rulings, Republican leaders in Congress should accept the invitation to provide a legal fix to Obamacare.
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