Broken Law

Episode 93: How Powerful Should America's Chief Executive Be?


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As we await the fate of the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program before the Supreme Court, we take a look at the evolving use and existence of executive power. How powerful should the executive branch be? How would we go about reducing executive power? Jeanne Hruska speaks with Peter M. Shane about the evolution of executive power, with a close look at the last 40 years. 

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Today's Host: Jeanne Hruska, ACS Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy

Guest: Peter M. Shane, ACS Board of Directors, Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law

Link: Democracy's Chief Executive Podcast

Link: "What Ford’s Pardon of Nixon Means (and Doesn’t Mean) for Trump," by Garrett M. Graff

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