Michael McConnell | The Courts vs. the Presidency: America's Separation of Powers Crisis | Ep. 49 | Part 1/2

May 28, 2025 • 00:33:37
Michael McConnell | The Courts vs. the Presidency: America's Separation of Powers Crisis | Ep. 49 | Part 1/2
The Independent with Scott Atlas
Michael McConnell | The Courts vs. the Presidency: America's Separation of Powers Crisis | Ep. 49 | Part 1/2

May 28 2025 | 00:33:37

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Show Notes

In this episode, Scott welcomes Professor Michael McConnell, Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. From 2002 to 2009 he served as circuit judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He teaches courses on constitutional law the first amendment and interpretive theory. He has published widely in constitutional law, especially church and state, equal protection, and separation of powers. He's written several books including “The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution.” He has argued 16 cases in front of the US Supreme Court he earned his JD from University of Chicago and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William J Brennan. They discuss some of today's most controversial issues involving the Constitution and law in the context of presidential power and the separation of powers including immigration, censorship and free speech on campus protests.

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