Barack Obama

Has President The Usurped Congress’s Constitutional Power?

A debate on presidential powers.

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

That’s the question for tonight’s public policy debate hosted by Intelligence Squared U.S. Remember when the president said, “We can’t wait for Congress to do its job, so where they won’t act, I will”? Well, the folks arguing for tonight’s resolution certainly do!

Tonight’s debate features Stanford Law Professor Michael McConnell, the director of the Constitutional Law Center, and Carrie Severino, Chief Counsel & Policy Director of the Judicial Crisis Network, arguing that President Obama has overstepped his bounds, arguing against Professor Adam Cox of NYU Law and Professor Eric Posner of the University of Chicago School of Law arguing that President Obama has not.

The debate kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Eastern and you can watch the whole affair below. And don’t forget to cast your votes before and after the debate.