• Neither monarch nor magistrate: Joseph M. Bessette and Gary J. Schmitt on crafting a republican executive

  • Jun 10 2021
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Neither monarch nor magistrate: Joseph M. Bessette and Gary J. Schmitt on crafting a republican executive

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  • When the Constitutional Convention began in 1787, delegates were tasked with creating a government that could simultaneously avoid monarchy’s overreaches and the Articles of Confederation’s ineffectiveness. In other words, the Convention needed to craft a republican executive. The Convention’s arguments over presidential selection, structure, and scope captured both the danger and fragility of executive power – twin concerns still evident in today’s debates about the presidency.

    Claremont McKenna College professor of Government Joseph Bessette and frequent guest and AEI scholar Gary Schmitt join Adam on Unprecedential to discuss their recent AEI report, “Crafting a Republican Executive: The Presidency and the Constitutional Convention.”
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