Addressing over 800 military leaders at Quantico last month, President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth presented a new vision for the future of U.S. warfighting, casting the rules of engagement as “stupid” and “overbearing.” Professor Geoffrey Corn, member of CERL’s Advisory Council, spoke with NPR’s Meghna Chakrabarti on the program On Point about how the administration is chipping away at the guardrails around presidential power that uphold the system of checks and balances in democratic governance. 

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law. A retired U.S. Army Judge Advocate Officer, he served as the Army’s senior law of war advisor. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here.   

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