Trump v. United States and the National Security Constitution
We the People
National Constitution Center
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National |
| 0:06.4 | Constitution Center and welcome to We The We The People Weekly Show of |
| 0:09.6 | Constitutional Debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit charted by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people. |
| 0:20.0 | In this episode of We the People, I'm excited to share a conversation about Trump versus U.S. and presidential immunity. |
| 0:28.0 | With Harold Hong Jukko of Yale Law School, Deborah Perlstein of Princeton and Matthew Waxman of Columbia Law School. |
| 0:34.4 | We discussed this week's landmark Supreme Court ruling that former presidents enjoy sweeping |
| 0:39.8 | immunity from criminal prosecution. |
| 0:42.5 | And we explore the history of executive power in light of Harold's book, The National |
| 0:46.8 | Security Constitution in the 21st century. |
| 0:50.6 | Enjoy the conversation. |
| 0:51.6 | Thank you so much for joining us, Harold Coe, Deborah Prostein, and Matthew Waxman. |
| 0:58.0 | Professor Coe, I had the great privilege of taking your class in law school. |
| 1:03.6 | No one better explains the history |
| 1:06.9 | and current practice of national security law |
| 1:08.9 | than you. |
| 1:09.4 | And it's very fortunate that we have you today. |
| 1:11.9 | US v. Trump has just come down the landmark decision |
| 1:16.5 | on presidential immunity. |
| 1:19.8 | Tell us, if you will, how your book, tracing the evolution of executive power throughout the American |
| 1:26.8 | history in some ways predicts today's decision and how does today's decision change or not the law of executive power and the Constitution? |
| 1:38.0 | Well, thank you, Jeff. You know, you're, all of your listeners know that the Constitution is driven by a principle of checks and balances. |
| 1:47.0 | The question is, do those checks and balances actually apply in foreign affairs and national security and the surprising answer is that unfortunately they don't. |
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