THE PRESIDENCY

This seminar will examine constitutional, historical, doctrinal, and contemporary issues about the U.S. Presidency. We will cover issues such as war powers and foreign affairs, removal power and control over the administrative state, relations between the White House and the Department of Justice, impeachment, executive privilege, the pardon power, and other problems revealed by the Trump and Biden administrations. The seminar will focus on history and modern reforms. Our texts will be several recent books by notable legal scholars, major Supreme Court decisions, and other scholarship and legal materials. Some classes will be traditional seminar-style discussion among the two faculty members and students, while some will feature outside authors discussing their work with the class. UPPER-CLASS WRITING REQUIREMENT: A limited number of students may use this class to satisfy the requirement. ** A student who fails to attend the initial meeting of a seminar (designated by an (S) in the title), or to obtain permission to be absent from either the instructor or the Registrar, may be administratively dropped from the seminar. Students who are on a wait list for a seminar are required to attend the first seminar meeting to be considered for enrollment.