Over the past few years making this show, there are a handful of episodes that have stuck with us.

The episodes that really capture the role of the American president, that offer particular insight

into the ways the presidency was designed to work in our country and how that design is

incredible, exceptional even, and also flawed. So today we are bringing back one of those episodes.

This show, which originally ran on July 4th last year, is a deep look at what the founders

wanted the American presidency to be. It offers some explanations for why there aren't more

limitations on what the president can do and how the role is evolved over time. We think you'll

learn a lot from this one, so here it is. It's 4th of July weekend in the United States,

the annual commemoration of our nation's independence. Here at Ken he do that, this holiday

got us thinking about how it all began and how our country's founding might give us answers to some

of the looming questions we face on this show. Namely, why more than two years into our podcast,

do we find our Ken he do that answer to so often be, yes, why does it seem like presidents

can virtually do whatever they want? Why are there seemingly so few constitutional limitations on

the president of the United States? Prompted in part from listener questions from you find folks,

we've decided to spend this episode looking at how our nation's executive was intended,

how its powers were designed, what are Constitution's framers saw for the future of the presidency

and what they never could have predicted.

This is Ken he do that, a podcast that explores the powers and limitations of the American presidency.

I'm Allison Michaels.

Here on this show, we spend our time delving into the powers of the presidency

as they're applied today, but how exactly were those powers conceived? The story starts some

230 years ago. More than a decade after the Declaration of Independence is signed in the summer

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