Court-Packing
Watch this webinar with Thomas Keck (Syracuse University) and Joshua Braver (University of Wisconsin-Madison), as they discuss and defend recent papers they have written on court-packing. Continue reading Court-Packing
Category: Media
The Pardon Power: Uses and Abuses
Watch this webinar on the pardon power with Adam Carrington (Hillsdale College), Corey Brettschneider (Brown University), and Benjamin Kleinerman (Baylor University). Continue reading The Pardon Power: Uses and Abuses
Sustaining Political Community in the Face of Violence
Watch this Webinar with Benjamin Kleinerman and Tom Merrill about Lincoln’s Lyceum Address especially as it relates to the events of January 6th. Continue reading Sustaining Political Community in the Face of Violence
“The Second Trump Impeachment” Panel with John Yoo, Ben Kleinerman, and Jeffrey Tulis
The video is here. It’s a spirited, informative, and entertaining exchange. If you don’t want to read the 80-page House report arguing for impeachment (although you still should), this would suffice as a substitute. Continue reading “The Second Trump Impeachment” Panel with John Yoo, Ben Kleinerman, and Jeffrey Tulis
Sustaining Political Community in the Face of Political Violence
In case you’re interested, I’m involved in a live-streaming webinar tomorrow (Sunday) evening with my colleague and friend Professor Tom Merrill at American University. The plan is to talk about Lincoln’s famous speech, “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions.” Here’s the link to register. Continue reading Sustaining Political Community in the Face of Political Violence
Podcast on Impeachment and Pardons
Connor Ewing and I recently did a podcast on Podopticon with Randal Hendrickson the day before the impeachment vote in the House. We discussed impeachment and previewed the argument that Corey Brettschneider and I make the next day in the Washington Post about the pardon power. We were able to raise new issues regarding some topics earlier discussed here on the The Constitutionalist and in The Atlantic. Continue reading Podcast on Impeachment and Pardons
Constitutionalism after Trump
Listen to this podcast with Benjamin Kleinerman and George Thomas on Podopticon, hosted by Randal Hendrickson. Continue reading Constitutionalism after Trump
Oaths and Inaugurations
Coincident with the holidays, AEI just released and posted a podcast that I did with Gary Schmitt for Adam White’s program Unprecedential several weeks ago. The whole series of podcasts led by Adam is one that should interest readers of The Constitutionalist. It was an unexpected surprise to learn today that ours is one of Adam’s picks for his top five this year. A link to ours and others, including an excellent one with Dahlia Lithwick, can be found in the story below. Continue reading Oaths and Inaugurations
Podcast with Benjamin Kleinerman on Executive Power and the Constitution
Shameless self-promotion: I was involved in a podcast on The ResistanceDashboard concentrating on both my earlier work on discretionary executive power and on the Trump presidency. We also talk about the aims of and reason for The Constitutionalist. Although I’ve never been a committed conservative, I would nonetheless resist his enlistment of me into the progressive cause. The Trump era creates new alliances. As I’ve said before, if the Trump era makes progressives more attentive to constitutionalism then I think Trump had at least one benefit. Continue reading Podcast with Benjamin Kleinerman on Executive Power and the Constitution