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Video: F.H. Buckley on Unchecked Presidential Power
Video: F.H. Buckley on Unchecked Presidential Power
May 14, 2025 12:03 AM

On Tuesday, the Acton Institute, along with our friends from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, ed F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University School of Law and author ofThe Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Goverment in America, for a lecture presentation in the Acton Building’s Mark Murray Auditorium. Buckley addressed the topic of his book, describing the increase in presidentialthat has occurred since the time of the founders, and which has reached its fullest flowering in the Obama Administration. You can watch the video below; if you haven’t listened already, you might be interested in the latest edition of Radio Free Acton which features an interview with Buckley.

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