The Trump Administration and the Separation of Powers
President Trump vowed to upend longstanding governance norms in the United States, and he has moved aggressively to do so early in his second term. Former White House Counsel, Stuart Delery, will reflect on how the courts and Congress are reacting to the unprecedented actions of the Executive Branch in the Trump Administration, and what these events mean for the constitutional checks and balances.

Stuart Delery served as White House Counsel for President Biden and as a senior Department of Justice official in the Obama Administration, including as Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States (the third-ranking position at the Department) and as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. He is a lawyer in private practice, a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School, and a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College.
Date: 3 June 2025, 16:00
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Speaker: Stuart Delery (Former White House Counsel)
Organising department: Rothermere American Institute
Organiser: Justine Shepperson (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: events@rai.ox.ac.uk
Host: Daniel Rowe (Oxford)
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Joshua Alexander