Former White House counsel Bob Bauer joins Sarah Isgur and David French to talk about his new book, The Unraveling: Reflections on Politics Without Ethics and Democracy in Crisis. They also discuss the role of a presidential attorney, whether Special Counsel Robert Hur crossed a line by reporting on President Joe Biden's cognitive decline, and what it was like to prep the president for his fateful debate.
The Agenda:—The impact of undergraduate majors on job prospects after law school
- Geofencing raising Fourth Amendment concerns
- Do universities have legal obligations to protect students from discrimination, including religious discrimination?
- The unraveling of democratic norms and institutions
- The role of the Supreme Court in democracy
- Should we have term limits?
- Examining sue and settle policies and third-party settlements
- The role of the leader class and the American people
- Advice for aspiring political lawyers
- Working with the Biden campaign
- Bob Bauer on Face the Nation and Robert Hur criticism