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Episode 155: Presidential Utterance
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:19:16
Publish Date: 2017-12-17 09:15:00
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How do presidents affect the law when they speak? Should courts consider what they say, defer to what they say, and find governmental intentions in what they say? What if a president says one thing, perhaps improvising during a speech, and an official communication of an agency, the Justice Department, or the White House says another? Kate Shaw joins us to talk about her theory that generally (but not always) courts should ignore presidential statements that are not consciously intended to stake out a legal position. Obviously, there's an 800-pound, tweeting gorilla in the corner of the room.

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Special Guest: Kate Shaw.
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