About the Program
Jack Goldsmith argues that while it is commonly held that 9/11 resulted in the executive branch obtaining unprecedented and unaccountable power, the reality is that Congress pushed back against executive power in significant ways after September 2001 and placed controls on the president that most people don't realize exist. This, he says, explains why Obama has not made a major shift away from the counterterrorism policies of the Bush Administration. This event was hosted by the Harvard Book Store.