Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to another Miller Center webinar. Im going to moderate todays conversation and it is a real pleasure to be with you all and have these terrific guests. Actpresident ial transition was adopted by congress in 1963 to provide statutory framework for the peaceful transfer of power. It has been updated several times since. We are going to discuss rising issues coming out of that in the current transition and transfer. It has been almost a week since most Major Networks designated joe biden as president elect. The biden team has been moving forward on a transition and selected a new white house chief of staff, have launched a Pandemic Task force, and soon will be announcing other white house and cabinet level positions. Theyve started conversations with foreign heads of state and a number of american political leaders. A small but growing number of senior Republican Leaders have acknowledged the outcome of the election, including former president bush, his c
Biden administration can prepare to take office in january. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to another Miller Center webinar. Bill im going to moderate todays conversation. It is a real pleasure to be with you all and have these terrific guests. Guests. Actpresident ial transition was adopted by congress in 1963 to provide statutory framework for the peaceful transfer of power. It has been updated several times since. We are going to discuss rising issues coming out of that in the current transition and transfer. It has been almost a week since most Major Networks designated joe biden as president elect. The biden team has been moving forward on a transition and selected a new white house chief of staff, have launched a Pandemic Task force, and soon will be announcing other white house and cabinet level positions. Theyve started conversations with foreign heads of state and a number of american political leaders. A small but growing number of senior Republican Leaders have acknowledg
Time was up. We had to follow the schedule called for by the constitution and our laws. Host we take you live down to a discussion hosted by the Federalist Society on the presidency and the rule of law. This is on the powers of the executive office and the limits of those powers. Panelscussion among the was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ia
Election results. Next, former Justice Department officials discussed the presidency and that the rule of law. This was hosted by the Federalist Society. Society on the presidency and the rule of law. This is on the powers of the executive office and the limits of those powers. Panelscussion among the was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ial
Was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ial power . Our distinguished panel of speakers begins with a professor from harvard law. You see in your virtual programs, the bios for each of our speakers are very long. I will cut to the chase. He is a senior fellow at the hoover institution. Of his most recent wellknown books include after trump and i