The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume Two

A revealing look at the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from Woodrow Wilson through Donald J. Trump

Drawing from the monumental publicationThe Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History in 2016, the nations foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution tell the intertwined stories of how the last eighteen American presidents have interfaced with the Constitution and thus defined the most powerful office in human history.

This volume leads off with Woodrow Wilson, the president who led the nation through World War I, and ends with Donald J. Trump, who ushered the US into uncharted political and legal territory. In between, the country was confronted with international wars, the civil rights movement, 9/11, and the advent of the internet, all of which presented unique and pressing constitutional issues. The last one hundred years reveals the awesome powers of the American presidency in domestic and foreign affairs, illustrating how they have stood up to modern and novel legal challenges.The Presidents and the Constitution is for anyone interested in a captivating and illuminating account of one of the most compelling subjects in our American democracy.

Ken Gormleyis President and Professor of Law at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is the award-winning author of the New York Times best sellerThe Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr, andArchibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation.