Total run time:
47m
Creating the Executive branch was a difficult task for the Founders. They knew they didn’t want a king but what powers did a President and his staff rightfully need to execute and uphold the law? Episodes in this unit cover topics related to specific Presidential responsibilities and powers, as well as questions about who qualifies as an “Officer of the United States,” and the balance of power between the Executive and Legislative branches.
How did the Executive Branch end up with certain powers and not others?
Professor Ilan Wurman relates how the founders defined executive power by contrasting it to the legislative and judicial powers. Although the Constitution creates a branch with
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How did the Executive Branch end up with certain powers and not others?
Professor Ilan Wurman relates how the founders defined executive power by contrasting it to the legislative and judicial powers. Although the Constitution creates a branch with a unitary executive, some of the historical British executive powers were given to Congress instead.
Ilan Wurman is a visiting assistant professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where he teaches administrative law and constitutional law. He is the author of A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism (Cambridge 2017).
As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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Total run time:
47m
Course:
Total videos:
16
Difficulty:
First Year
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