Executive Functions Chat
Executive Functions Chat
Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith
The Most Dangerous Branch
41 minutes Posted Mar 20, 2026 at 12:52 pm.
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Jack speaks with Cass Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, about his new book, Separation of Powers: How to Preserve Liberty in Troubled Times. They discuss why the executive is the most dangerous branch of government, the importance of responsible executive branch lawyers, and contemporary debates over the administrative state, including unitary executive theory in light of the Trump v. Slaughter oral argument and the major questions doctrine after the tariffs case, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump.



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