The nation’s foremost experts on the American presidency and the U.S. Constitution—Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina, Ken Gormley of Duquesne University, Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia, and Kenneth W. Starr of Baylor University—explain how each American president has confronted and shaped the Constitution. They are all contributing authors to the new book, The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History.
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The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History
May 16, 2016
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