A More Perfect Union

President as a Populist Office

Jeffrey Rosen discusses how the modern presidency has grown far beyond what the Founders envisioned. From the rise of executive orders to a passive Congress and a deferential Supreme Court, the balance of power has shifted dramatically—reshaping the role of the president into a populist figure the Constitution never intended.

President as a Populist Office

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    A More Perfect Union

    S2025 E1 - 55m 5s

    A MORE PERFECT UNION examines America’s founding and the ideas and values articulated 250 years ago. It features Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute, in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center and Melody Barnes of UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.

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