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Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) spoke at a Cato Institute discussion on congressional war powers. Senator Murphy talked about legislation he and others are working on to protect this authority a…

University of Virginia law professor Saikrishna Prakash argued against the expanding powers of the presidency. This program was sponsored by the CATO Institute.

In light of several Iranian attacks on oil tankers, the Koch Institute held a discussion on congressional war powers regarding Iran. Experts looked at past Authorizations for Use of Military…

The Cato Institute hosted a discussion about President Trump’s border security national emergency declaration. They talked about the constitutional and statutory implications and made sugges…

Charlie Savage talked about his book Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency, in which he argues that President Obama, who came into office saying that he would turn back the excesse…

The Massachusetts College of Law hosted historians and political scientists to explore successful and unsuccessful presidents. This session dealt with Ulysses S. Grant and Warren G. Harding.…

A discussion was held on the future of the presidency. Panel members were asked to consider five questions: has to presidency become too powerful, would the founders approve of today’s presi…

The panel talked about the governing methods of previous presidential administrations and postulated on the potential methods of President Obama. William Howell talked about the balance o…

Gene Healy talked about his book, The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power (Cato Institute; April 25, 2008). In the book, he wrote about similar excesses o…

A panel discussion was held on the historical foundations the American presidency and restoring a constitutional presidency. After the presentations the panelists responded to questions from…