President Trump’s Executive Orders

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Since January 20, 2025, President Trump has issued dozens of executive orders, several of which have attracted legal challenges. Steve Vladeck of Georgetown University Law Center and Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute join Jeffrey Rosen to parse the flurry of executive orders and preview the lawsuits they face. Resources White House Presidential Actions “Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions”, Just Security Steve Vladeck, “The Impoundment Crisis of 2025”, One First SubStack (Jan. 28, 2025) Steve Vladeck, “Trump's Guantánamo Memo”, One First Substack (Jan. 30, 2025) Gary Schmitt, “Presidential Impoundment, Explained”, The Dispatch (Jan. 17, 2025) Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected] Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen. Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube. Support our important work. Donate

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0:00.0	During his first week in office, President Trump issued 45 executive orders, several of which include far-reaching political and legal consequences.
0:12.4	Hello, friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:21.6	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit, chartered by Congress to increase awareness and
0:26.5	understanding of the Constitution among the American people. In this episode, we'll discuss
0:31.7	the legal and constitutional implications of President Trump's executive orders and preview the challenges they are already facing in courts.
0:41.3	Joining me are two great scholars of the presidency, Steve Vlodick and Gary Schmidt.
0:46.5	Steve Lodick is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Shadow Docket,
0:53.4	how the Supreme Court uses stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the republic.
0:58.8	Steve is CNN's Supreme Court analyst and editor and author of One First, a weekly newsletter
1:03.8	about the Supreme Court.
1:05.7	He co-hosts the popular and award-winning national security law podcast, a graduate of Yale Law School. He
1:11.5	clerked for Judge Marcia Erzahn on the Ninth Circuit. Steve, it's wonderful to welcome
1:16.4	you back to We the People. Thanks, Jeff. It's such a treat to be with you. And Gary Schmidt is
1:21.9	senior fellow in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Program at the American Enterprise
1:26.4	Institute, where he studies issues
1:28.2	related to the American presidency.
1:30.0	A former minority staff director of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he was
1:35.2	executive director of the president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
1:39.2	Before joining AEI, he was executive director of the project for the new American century. Gary Schmidt's books
1:45.8	include McCullough v. Maryland at 200, debating John Marshall's jurisprudence, the imperial presidency
1:51.7	and the Constitution, and is Congress broken? The virtues and defects of partisanship and gridlock.
1:58.3	Gary, it's wonderful to welcome you to We the People. Thanks, Jeff. I really appreciate you having me on. Well, dear We the People, friends, the goal
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