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
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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Amicus Brief: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
Civitas Research Fellow Michael Toth's work was cited in a Supreme Court brief.
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Why Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariffs Won’t Fly
The trade deficit isn’t a sudden surprise, short in duration, and great in harm: the usual characteristics of an emergency.
Democracy in Britain: The Lords’ Work
Part 2: How the “hereditary peers” enhance lawmaking and support the soft power of the UK.
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Humphrey’s Executor and the Future of Presidential Power
The U.S. Supreme Court is almost certain to hold that President Trump lawfully fired Rebecca Slaughter from her role as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.
