Speaker(s): David Rivkin, Partner, Baker Hostetler
Date: November 8, 2007
Length: 91 minutes
Description: David Rivkin, a partner with the DC-based law firm Baker Hostetler, discussed the key legal and policy issues in the Bush Administration’s use of executive power regarding the global war on terror. He argued that the Constitution’s framers intended to create a strong chief executive in the American government and traced the process of strengthening of Presidential power back to the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Rivkin emphasized that a strong executive is essential for the success of American foreign policy today.
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