Second Reading Podcast: Assessing the State of the Constitutional Order in the U.S.
Comparative constitutional scholar Zachary Elkins of the U.T. Austin Government Department joins James Henson to discuss the state of Constitutional features like the separation of powers and checks and balances during the norms-challenging Trump presidency.
Some of Professor Elkins' Projects referred to in the pod
Constitute: The World's Constitutions to Read, Search and Compare
Comparative Constitutions Project: Informing Constitutional Design
ALSO
Data on executive orders from the The American Presidency Project.
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CORRECTION: During the podcast, Henson flubs a reference to a conversation on Puck's The Power That Be podcast. I misidentify the reporter making comments on norms and laws - it was Julia Ioffe, not Leigh Ann Caldwell. Apologies to everyone involved. The podcast is linked below.