On this week’s episode of Stubborn Things, Jay Cost and Sean Trende recap the oral argument before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Slaughter and present an overview of the political history, legal cases, and theories of executive power that have led the Court to this point. Plus, our hosts kick off the way-too-early speculation about who might be the Democratic nominee for President in 2028. Will it be Gavin Newsom? AOC? Someone else? Take a listen to hear what Jay and Sean think.Show notes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/25-332" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump v. Slaughter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/272us52" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Myers v. United States</a></li><li><a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/295us602" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Humphrey's Executor v. United States</a></li><li><a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/487/654/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justice Scalia’s dissent in Morrison v. Olson</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2139277?seq=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Woodrow Wilson: The Study of Administration</a></li><li><a href="https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/how-congress-lost-part-ix-resilient-corruption-and-an-emerging-progressive-critique-in-the-late-19th-century/#scrollSection3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jay’s recent AEI report on Wilson’s early views on regulation</a> </li></ul>

Elections Galore

John Adams famously said: “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." In this era of knee-jerk partisanship and ideological posturing, Adams's warning is as important as ever. Tune in every other week as AEI's Jay Cost and Sean Trende draw on their wide-ranging base of knowledge and stubborn commitment to the evidence to understand what is happening in the world of American politics.