The Oath and The Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents - YouTube Maxwell School of Syracuse University

Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, as well as visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. His writing has appeared in TIME, Politico, and the New York Times. His most recent book is “The Oath and The Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents” and asks the following questions: Can the president launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval? Is it ever a crime to criticize the president? Can states legally resist a president’s executive order? In this State of Democracy lecture, Professor Corey Brettschneider dives deep into the U.S. Constitution to answer questions that Americans are asking more than ever before! From the document itself and from history’s pivotal court cases, we learn why certain powers were granted to the presidency, how the Bill of Rights limits those powers, and what “we the people” can do to influence the nation’s highest public office―including, if need be, removing the person in it. Brettschneider breathes new life into the Constitution’s articles and amendments, stressing its key principles and illustrating their relevance to all our lives today. In this book talk, he reveals how “The Oath and the Office” empowers readers, voters, and future presidents to read and understand our nation’s founding document.

The Oath and The Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents - YouTube
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