After issuing more than 65 memoranda and executive orders in his first two weeks back in office, critics and supporters debate whether President Trump’s policies are stretching the legal bounds of executive power. In an article by William Roberts for the International Bar Association, Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, a member of CERL’s Advisory Council, discusses the disruptive nature of Trump’s policies at home and abroad. 

Mary Ellen O’Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution—Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Read her bio here.  

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