Article II and the powers of the President

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🗓️ 15 September 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Michael Ramsey of the University of San Diego and Christopher Schroeder of Duke University discuss how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump understand the powers and duties of the nation's chief executive. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People and Live at America’s Town Hall on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by David Stotz and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Tom Donnelly. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:09.9	to We The People, a Weekly Show of Constitutional Debate.
0:13.7	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:18.6	to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis. And this is a nonpartisan basis.
0:24.0	And this is a special podcast for several reasons.
0:27.0	First of all, happy Constitution Day,
0:29.5	as you may know, it was on 17th, 1787 that the Constitution was signed and on this
0:36.9	Constitution Day we are celebrating with a really exciting launch.
0:41.6	Dear We the People listeners as part of our Constitution to be launch. for Apple and Android users.
0:53.4	You can download the app by going to your App Store
0:56.7	and searching for interactive constitution.
0:58.9	And there you can read the mobile version
1:01.8	of our interactive constitution with essays by the
1:04.8	leading liberal and conservative scholars in America about every clause of the
1:08.3	Constitution. I am so excited my friends to report that over the summer we launched 79 essays about the
1:15.8	structural Constitution that's 29 separate provisions with the common
1:19.4	statements and separate statements it is a feast. I've been learning so much
1:24.3	just by browsing through these clauses and you will too. And if that's not enough,
1:30.5	we're launching today our new series on the candidates in the Constitution and from now and through election day
1:36.5	We will compare the statements and proposals of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with the text and history of the Constitution.
1:43.9	We begin today with Article 2, which outlines the qualifications and duties of the President of the
1:49.1	United States and will continue in coming weeks with Article 3 regarding the judiciary, Article 5 regarding
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