Executive Accountability

Harvard HLS

Prerequisites: 1L Constitutional Law or Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment Exam Type: No Exam This course covers the constitutional, legal, and societal measures to hold the President accountable to the rule of law. Presidents are vested with enormous powers and responsibilities under Article II of the Constitution. The Framers desired an energetic and effective presidency, but designed a system of checks and balances to diffuse power,…