French Friday: What Happened to Checks & Balances?
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David French brings us his thoughts on why the GOP is no longer the party of the Constitution. Have political party allegiances broken the system? What Constitutional guard rails can operate when people are worried about falling out of the President's favor? Then, he talks about Carl Schmitt, a German political thinker who may have the key to understanding the difference between the politics we're used to—and the emerging politics of the New Right.
David French's article on Schmittian politics:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/opinion/trump-maga-schmitt.html
0:00 - Theme Song
0:17 - Show Begins
2:11 - Tiktok—banned or not?
8:10 - Does Trump obey the Supreme Court?
15:30 - Resistant Bacteria Analogy
24:26 - Senators Following the People
27:29 - Political Parties as Checks
34:45 - The Gingrich-Clinton Wars
41:28 - Schmitt and MAGA Morality
53:15 - The Moment for Courage
1:04:52 - End Credits
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