I'm Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to the latest of our We the People constitutional podcasts.

The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America,ered by Congress to disseminate information

about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.

And today, in honor of the celebration of President's Day. We focus on one of the most vibrant

constitutional debates today and that is the proper scope of presidential

power. The controversy is over presidential power in the Obama administration have centered on the use of executive orders,

the president's war-making ability, and his prerogatives to enforce laws passed by Congress.

These issues are hardly new.

They have dated back to the framing of the Republic and today we are joined by two of the top constitutional scholars of our times to discuss the critical question

which presidents have the greatest legacies of being faithful to the Constitution in exercising their far-reaching powers and what is the scope of presidential power.

These two gentlemen are not only the top scholars in America, they are great friends of the Constitution

Center and I'm thrilled that just last week we announced that they are part of a

spectacular advisory board the Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board, that will oversee years of debates

and podcasts and constitutional education. Erwin Chamorinsky is the founding dean and distinguished professor of law and the Raymond

Pryke professor of First Amendment law at the University of California Irvine School of Law

in January 2014 National Jurist magazine named Dean Tamerinsky

as the most influential person in legal education in the United States.

Richard Epstein is Lawrence A Tish Professor of Law and Director of the Classical Liberal

Institute at New York University School of Law.

Professor Epstein was at the National Constitution Center this fall discussing his landmark book,

the classical liberal constitution.

All right, gentlemen, let's get right into it.

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