But Is It Constitutional?: Julie Suk

Mar 13

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March 13th, 2025

“Can the president change the Constitution? Short answer, no.”

We discuss whether executive orders can change the Constitution, the ongoing transformation of executive power, and the true intersection of the Constitution and democracy.

Julie Suk is the Hon. Deborah A. Batts Distinguished Research Scholar, Professor of Law. She’s a legal scholar of constitutional amendment, equality, and feminism in the United States and globally, and the author of two books, We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment and After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It.

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Julie are:

Get a pocket Constitution and read it over with a red pen!
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