Bonus Edition: Jack Goldsmith on the Norm-Defying Presidency

Published: Oct. 3, 2017, 8:51 p.m.

President Trump's conduct in office draws a sharp contrast between laws that formally restrict the presidency and the institutional norms that presidents have historically followed. For the October 2017 issue of\xa0The Atlantic, Jack Goldsmith\xa0addressed\xa0that distinction\xa0in his article\xa0Will Donald Trump Destroy the Presidency?\xa0To help answer that question,\xa0Benjamin Wittes interviewed Goldsmith last week on\xa0his\xa0latest\xa0article,\xa0discussing\xa0President Trump's errant behavior in office and its impact on future presidencies, the difference between violations of norms and violations of law, and\xa0the changing landscape of journalism under the Trump presidency.\xa0

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