John A. Dearborn is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Dean's Faculty Fellow at Vanderbilt University. His research areas include the Presidency, Congress, American Political Development, and American Political Thought. He is the author of 'Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation,' coauthor (with Stephen Skowronek and Desmond King) of 'Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive,' and coauthor (with Jack B. Greenberg) of 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint.'