FORMER PRESIDENT OF POLAND ANDRZEJ DUDA INSTRUCTS ON EXECUTIVE DECISION-MAKING IN TIMES OF CRISIS

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 23 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:

This fall, former president of Poland Andrzej Duda came to George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School to teach students a course on executive decision-making in times of crisis.

"Leadership, Democracy, and the Rule of Law," a two-credit seminar meeting both online and on campus, asked students to consider how they would navigate the legal and practical constraints presidents face during an emergency.

Comparing parallel provisions of the U.S. and Polish Constitutions, President Duda explored the differences between Article II's vesting of executive power and Poland's "semi-presidential" model. He also challenged students to map out their responses...