This is Democracy – Episode 73: Congress and War Powers

Jeremi sits down with Clay Katsky to discuss congress and war powers. As always, Zachary sets the scene with his poem “An Adaptation of Alan Ginsburg’s ‘A Supermarket in California for a Nation on the Brink of War’.” Clay Katsky is a historian of Congress’ role in American foreign policy. He is completing a dissertation on Congress’ efforts to oversee policy and presidential actions after the Vietnam War. Clay is a Ph.D. student in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin and a teaching assistant this semester for Professor Suri’s course on US History since the Civil War.