TV (C-SPAN): Presidential Use of Executive Powers
CAC Senior Counsel Simon Lazarus appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the use of executive powers by President Obama, including the constitutional basis for this power, how it has and can be executed, its ambiguities, its evolution, ways previous presidents have implemented it, and its role in current policy debates.
Excerpt: Obama’s exective actions on the Affordable Care Act are “right in the middle of the President’s constitutional job description”
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