Runaway Presidencies
Runaway Presidencies  
Podcast: Executive Functions Chat
Published On: Mon May 05 2025
Description: We discuss an op-ed Jack published in the New York Times this morning in which he argued that much of the aggressive action Trump 2.0 is taking stems from similar, but less extreme, actions in prior presidencies. He contended that the Supreme Court and Congress have some capacity to limit the dangers of “presidencies run amok,” but that a constitutional amendment might be necessary to impose sufficient constraints. Get full access to Executive Functions at www.execfunctions.org/subscribe