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<\/a>Prakash<\/p><\/div>Prakash will speak on the modern presidency and its ability to unilaterally alter the law it is supposed to faithfully execute. He will examine why modern executives claim the ability to alter constitutional and statutory law through the alchemy of repeated transgressions of existing law. He will argue this ability has contributed to President Trump’s dominant role in constitutional and statutory interpretation.<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessor Prakash is at the heart of the debate over one of the pressing issues of our time \u2014 the power of the president,\u201d said Lee J. Strang, John W. Stoepler Professor of Law & Values at the UT College of Law. \u201cHe is one of the nation\u2019s most influential executive power scholars, and he is an engaging speaker. Professor Prakash\u2019s lecture will focus on the expansion of presidential power and its implications for the future. His informed perspective is sure to provoke debate and conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The author of more than 60 articles, Prakash is a leading scholar of constitutional law and legal history. His recent publications include “50 States, 50 Attorneys General and 50 Approaches to the Duty to Defend” (Yale Law Journal, 2015), “The Imbecilic Executive” (Virginia Law Review, 2013), “The Sweeping Domestic War Powers of Congress” (Michigan Law Review, 2015), and Imperial From the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive (Yale University Press, 2015). <\/p>\n
Prakash teaches constitutional law, foreign relations law and presidential powers. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, and he clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas.<\/p>\n
The free, public lecture is part of the Stranahan National Issues Forum and is sponsored by the College of Law and its chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. <\/p>\n