Executive power and Congressional oversight [audio 51min]

Diane Rehm hosts a discussion of what many constitutional scholars and former government officials see as the expanding role of the Executive Branch since 9/11, and whether Congress is fulfilling its constitutional role of legislative oversight. Guests: Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group; Lou Fisher, a specialist in constitutional law with the Law Library of the Library of Congress and author of several books on presidential power, including Presidential War Power (2004) and Military Tribunals and Presidential Power (2006); and Douglas W. Kmiec, professor of constitutional law and Caruso family chair in constitutional law at Pepperdine University.