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From DOGE to USAID: Are Trump’s Executive Actions Legal?

Season 2025 Episode 7159 | 17m 17s

What are the legal implications of the signing spree of executive orders by President Trump? Gillian Metzger is a constitutional law professor at Columbia Law School and served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General under President Joe Biden. Metzger joins Walter Isaacson to decipher the actions we've seen so far … and discuss what might be next.

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