Constitutional Crisis: What Is It and Are We in One?
March 14, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. EDT
What does it mean to be in a constitutional crisis, and are we in one now? How far can presidents act in the context of congressional inaction? What is the role of courts in evaluating the legality of executive action? To what extent can courts in this context declare the law and meaningfully constrain the president? The conversation will include perspectives on how these questions have been addressed throughout American history when courts have confronted forceful assertions of executive power.
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Featuring
Judge Thomas B. Griffith (ret.)
Non-Resident Constitutional Government Fellow, Wheatly Institute at Brigham Young University
Vanita Gupta
Adjunct Professor of Law, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, New York University
Goodwin Liu
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Janet A. Napolitano
Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Eric Posner
Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Arthur and Esther Kane Research Chair, University of Chicago Law School
With an Introduction by Laurie L. Patton, President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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