Episode Details

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, explore a series of issues involving both executive and judicial "lawmaking." Would the President have the power to "wipe out" Iranian civilization without Congress? Can the President on his own initiative order the postal service to deliver only certain kinds of election-related materials to advance his election integrity agenda? Can the President order the destruction of an entire wing of the White House pursuant to a statute authorizing the making of "alterations" and "improvements"? Our hosts discuss the Constitution's distribution of power between Congress and the President more generally before turning to the threat district courts currently pose with their judicial lawmaking. Do judges have a right to stop the building of the new ballroom? Who even has "standing" to bring such a suit? And why are district courts exercising jurisdiction over immigration decisions where Congress's statute specifically divests courts of jurisdiction? Finally our hosts talk about the First Amendment and the 8-1 decision in Chiles v. Salazar, which invalidated a crazy Colorado law prohibiting talk therapists from discouraging gender transitions. 

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