How Powerful is the President?

Run time: 47 minutes

President Trump’s far-reaching executive actions have given rise to a debate about whether the president is acting within the tradition of presidential power—or whether recent events represent a departure from the constitutional order and precedent. Melody Barnes, Charles Cooke, Joanne Freeman, and Yuval Levin join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the American tradition of presidential power and evaluate analogues to our constitutional moment from across U.S. history. Listen now

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Supreme Court to hear Mexico lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“In one of the most high-profile cases of its current term, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in early March in a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against U.S.-based firearms manufacturers. ...” Read more

February 20, 1905: The Supreme Court rules on vaccines and public health

by Nicholas Mosvick | Read time: 4 minutes

“On February 20, 1905, the Supreme Court, by a 7-2 majority, said in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that the city of Cambridge, Mass., could fine residents who refused to receive smallpox injections. ...” Read more

Jeffrey Rosen in The Free Press: The Rule of Law After the Vibe Shift

Read time: 7 minutes

President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen spoke with Chuck Lane for The Free Press on whether President Donald Trump bent or broke any laws during his first month in the White House. Read more

Second Amendment

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

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