The first month of Trump's second term is being slammed by Democrats as executive over-reach, and celebrated by Republicans as a return to how the Framers of the Constitution defined the role.
Today's guest explains what he means by a "unitary executive," and how Trump is following an established tradition that has since been eroded by the legislature and courts, creating a corrupt and bloated bureaucracy.
The Guest
Ed Powell received his PhD in Astrophysics (Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion) from Princeton University and has worked as a contractor for the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community since graduating. Today he owns his own consulting company specializing in systems and simulation architecture and engineering.
Resources
No discussion of US politics is complete without reading the United States Constitution, especially, in this case, Article 2, Section 1:
https://capitolhistory.org/us-capitol-history-for-teachers/united-states-constitution-annotated/
The constitution specifies a “unitary executive”. Read more about it here and in the links on this page:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/unitary_executive_theory_%28uet%29
