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A new Supreme Court term kicked off this week.

Over the next few months, the High Court will tackle many questions

surrounding the interpretation of the Constitution, including a major one. Can the President do that?

From enacting sweeping tariffs and firing the heads of independent agencies to urging Republican-controlled

states to redraw congressional maps, the Supreme Court will weigh in on the limits

of presidential power. Will the court check the president's ballooning authority or greenlight it?

And how could the court's rulings change our interpretation of the Constitution?

We get into it after the break. I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast. Back with more

in a moment.

Joining us now is Kate Shaw. She's a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the co-host of the podcast, Strict Scrutiny.

She's also a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. Kate, welcome back to the program.

Thank you so much for having me. Also with us is Zach Schimtob. He's the executive editor of Scotus blog. Zach, welcome to the program. Glad to be here. And Anne Maramo, she's the Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times. Anne, thanks for joining us. Thank you. Some of the cases the court will hear this term have not been announced quite yet.

But many are expected to question the scope of presidential powers.

One of those powers is who the president can fire.

For weeks, the president has pushed to fire Lisa Cook.

She's a governor on the Federal Reserve Board.

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