Can a president of the United States unilaterally take the country to war or unilaterally impose global tariffs as the current president has done? What are the limits of presidential power and where are the guardrails? Presidents have often chafed at limitations to their power, though Donald Trump seems willing to buck the constitutional constraints and make end runs around Congress and the judiciary system. We have asked two deeply-informed, admired writers to reflect on the topic from their different perspectives. JILL LEPORE is a Harvard Professor of American History and Law and author of We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution; DAVID E. SANGER is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist who has known many a president up close. In a conversation moderated by author and CNN anchor ABBY PHILLIP, they will offer their analyses of the power of the presidency and the uncharted territory the country is in.

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