Episode 18: Presidential Emergency Powers

When somebody's the President of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be,"
Trump then said: "The authority of the President of the United States having to do with the subject we're talking about is total." And after speaking about local governments, he said, "They can't do anything without the approval of the President of the United States."

In this weeks episode I speak with Dr. Patrick Hickey a professor with West Virginia University about Presidential Emergency Powers and what the president is constitutional actions the president is authorized to take.