When the Constitutional Convention began in 1787, delegates were tasked with creating a government that could simultaneously avoid monarchy’s overreaches and the Articles of Confederation’s ineffectiveness. In other words, the Convention needed to craft a republican executive. The Convention’s arguments over presidential selection, structure, and scope captured both the danger and fragility of executive power – twin concerns still evident in today’s debates about the presidency. Claremont McKenna College professor of Government https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/joseph-bessette (Joseph Bessette) and frequent guest and AEI scholar https://www.aei.org/profile/gary-j-schmitt/ (Gary Schmitt) join https://www.aei.org/profile/adam-j-white/ (Adam) on https://www.aei.org/tag/unprecedential-podcast/ (Unprecedential) to discuss their recent AEI report, “https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Crafting-a-republican-executive.pdf?x91208 (Crafting a Republican Executive: The Presidency and the Constitutional Convention).”