Episodes
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
A Great Attorney General Pick, Barr None
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Recorded January 15, 2019
Hoover Institution fellows Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss President Trump’s nomination of William Barr to be Attorney General, a position that Barr previously held under President George H.W. Bush. They also discuss the possibility of President Trump invoking “emergency powers” to build a border wall without new congressional authorization.
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
The Rule of Law and Other People’s Money
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Hoover Institution fellows Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss Senator Elizabeth Warren’s call for an unprecedented “wealth tax,” and the constitutional problems that it raises. They also discuss the Supreme Court’s upcoming case on judicial “deference” to agencies’ legal interpretations (Kisor v. Wilkie).