Our examination of Art II began with listing the express powers of the president. We examined the text of Art II and noted the brevity and vagueness of its descriptions of presidential power. Consequently, presidents have urged that they possess inherent powers . Olivia noted in her study guide responses how during times of crisis presidents have invoked their inherent powers, and we then discussed the scope of presidential power during the current coronavirus public health crisis. I introduced the purpose of the National Emergency Act of the 1970s as an attempt to curb the president's use of these inherent powers. Next, we began a review of executive privilege . We will study the operative Supreme Court case of US v Nixon tomorrow and expand that discussion to include President Trump's ongoing assertion of the privilege in response to Congressional subpoenae. For homework I assigned reading pages 268-270 and defining "amnesty, pardon, reprieve, and executive order".