Tag: 2025EssayContest
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DACA and Presidential Authority: Navigating the Constitutional Limit of Executive Power
By Kaya Weerasuriya — “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone.” President Barack Obama used this phrase as a metonymy for two actions he considered to be most effective for enacting change—the “pen” symbolizing his presidential capability to…
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Am I My Nation’s Keeper?: Nonenforcement and the Take Care Clause in Light of United States v. Texas
By Nathaniel Marks — The unlawful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and the subsequent failure of the Trump Administration to return him (despite being ordered by a court to do so) seems to many to be the…
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Lawful Exploitation: Revisiting Hamilton’s Words and the Nondelegation Doctrine in Shaping Trump’s National Emergencies
By Arah Cho — In Federalist No. 70, Founding Father Alexander Hamilton championed the concept of “energy in the executive,” arguing that a strong, decisive president was essential for effective governance. More than 200 years later, President Donald J. Trump’s…