The Imperial Presidency, Court Packing and Checks & Balances in the Age of Trump

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel examines the efficacy (or not) of America's 18th century system of constitutional checks and balances in the age of Trump. Papers examine the rise and root causes of the so-called imperial presidency, the history and implications of calls for court-packing, and whether our constitutional system is, indeed, one of checks and balances at all.

Sub Unit

• Division 27: Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence

Individual Presentations

• Checks and Balances and Other Constitutional Myths - Lisa L. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

• Serviceable Instruments: How Government Lawyers Built the Imperial Presidency - Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Pomona College

• The Myth of Recurrent Court-Packing - Joshua Braver, University of Wisconsin

• Permanent Constitutional Hardball: Evidence from the Article V Amendment Process - Robinson Woodward-Burns, Howard University

Chair

• Corey L. Brettschneider