Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith, two former senior government lawyers from different political backgrounds and administrations, decode the presidential power issues and controversies of the day.
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I am a Harvard Law School professor, a non-resident senior fellow @AEI, and former head of the Office of Legal Counsel. I teach and write about, among other things, the presidency. My work can be found at jackgoldsmith.org.
Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar at New York University School of Law; White House Counsel to President Barack Obama (2009-2011); co-author of After Trump (with Jack Goldsmith) (2020)and The Unraveling (2024)
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