Summary: Article II of the Constitution states that executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. At various times in our history, the use of this power has set the three branches of our government on a collision course. From George Washington to George Bush, and in many instances in between, the extension of that power has presented a delicate balancing act among the branches to allow for both the privacy of internal deliberation in the White House and to make public what the President and his advisors say and do. To help clarify the concept of executive power, the National Constitution Center proudly welcomes visiting scholars Laurence Tribe, Theodore Olson and University of Pennsylvania Professor of Political Science Rogers M. Smith to place recent events in the Bush administration into legal and historical context. Program recorded on 9/5/2007. Questions or comments? Write programs@constitutioncenter.org
