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Episode 50: Wrong Tool for the Job (Brian Kalt, on the 25th Amendment)
March 20th, 2020 | 43 mins 38 secs
25th amendment, presidency, president, succession, trump
My conversation with Michigan State's Brian Kalt, as we discuss the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Section 4.
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Episode 44: Interim Ad Infinitum (On The Use and Abuse of Presidential Appointment Power)
August 6th, 2019 | 30 mins 8 secs
acting heads, cabinet, congress, president, trump, vacancies
Under current law, U.S. presidents often have great latitude in filling senior-level vacancies, but abusing that freedom can create problems, as I discuss with UT-Austin law professor Stephen I. Vladeck.