Topic
Constitutionalism
Published on
July 28, 2026
Civitas
Conversations
Executive Power After 'Slaughter'

The Cost of Conflict: White House and Human Rights

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Though the overturning of Humphrey’s makes the administrative state more directly accountable to voters through the President, rather than a “headless fourth branch,” giving its consolidated power to one person might prove just as dangerous. Joseph Postell, the Allison and Dorothy Rouse chair in Politics at Hillsdale College, joins this episode of Civitas Conversations to discuss executive authority after Trump v. Slaughter.

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