The separation of powers is a structural feature of the Constitution, but the precise boundaries between the institutions of the federal government are not always clearly demarcated in the text. Each of the cases we explore today involve the contested boundaries marking the constitutional separation of powers: Youngstown v. Sheet and Tube Co. (1952); Powell v. McCormack (1969); and INS v. Chadha (1983).

Contested Boundaries

The 1787 Project is the podcast version of the lectures for Professor Justin Dyer's socially-distanced class on the U.S. Constitution at the University of Missouri. Running from August 2020 - May 2021, the course is about how the U.S. Constitution of 1787 frames the way we organize our life together as a political community. Published twice a week, the episodes explore who gets to decide big questions of public policy and why, analyze the design of our national political institutions and the contested boundaries between them, and look at the structure of constitutional rights.

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Contested Boundaries

Contested Boundaries