Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin’s Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government — and a scholar of the modern presidency, among other things — provides analysis of “the buttery goodness known as ‘the administrative presidency'” in the wake of President Trump’s having signed a boatload of executive orders after criticizing President Obama for signing them “like they’re butter.”

Read his piece “Candidate Trump Attacked Obama’s Executive Orders. President Trump Loves Executive Orders.” in the Washington Post‘s political science blog, The Monkey Cage.