Constitutional law scholar David Adler returns to the library to discuss the current administration, the rise of personal politics, and the Russian investigation.
The talk will provide a review of the first six months of the Trump Presidency, with a particular focus on the evolving constitutional and legal issues surrounding his administration. Accordingly, the talk will review the questions involving the possibility of an indictment of a sitting president, the possibility of a self-pardon, renewed discussion of impeachment and the status of the Russian investigation, including potential obstruction of justice charges. In addition, the talk will point out that the Trump Presidency, thus far, has no previous model, and reflects, increasingly, a Personal Presidency.