French Friday: The 14th Amendment & the Evangelical Approach to Politics

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Phil Vischer

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A number of cases are being fought in the courts right now over whether Donald Trump violated the 14th amendment and if he should be allowed on the ballot in the 2024 election. David French and Skye Jethani discuss the history of the 14th amendment, break down the current cases against Trump, and talk about the likelihood of the Supreme Court hearing the case, and what decision they might make. Then, they talk about new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and his view on how the Bible informs his politics. Have Evangelical Republicans lost their way by focusing too much on what they think the Bible says about issues and policies, and not enough on what the Bible actually says about virtues?

0:00 - Theme Song

0:17 - History of the 14th amendment

14:00 - Current lawsuits against Trump

30:40 - Likelihood of the Supreme Court hearing the case

46:10 - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to www.hiyahealth.com/HOLYPOST to receive 50% off your first order

47:20 - The Evangelical approach to politics

1:04:37- End Credits

Other resources:

David French: https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench

‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ and Our Broken Christian Politics

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/maga-mike-johnson-christianity.html

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0:00.0	Guess what day it is. It's French Friday. It's French Friday. So grab your fries and say
0:08.0	Hooray. David French is here to play on French Friday. It's French Friday.
0:16.8	David French, good to see you. Thanks for being back.
0:19.5	Well, thanks for having me.
0:20.6	I always enjoy this guy.
0:22.3	Well, we enjoy having you and we like partly
0:25.2	because you are an expert on things that most of our audience doesn't get access to
0:29.6	experts on and one of those is the Constitution and that's what I want to begin with today.
0:35.0	There are a number of cases in the courts right now in different states, perhaps making their
0:38.7	way up to the Supreme Court, that are trying to exclude Donald Trump from the ballot next year,
0:45.0	because they say the 14th Amendment, Section 3,
0:49.0	forbids him from being on the ballot.
0:51.0	And there's interesting arguments that are revolving around this
0:55.2	some strictly legal some more political different state courts have come to different conclusions about it
1:00.7	but I thought it'd be worth unpacking the arguments and the
1:04.7	pros and cons on each side and maybe game it out a little bit. What could
1:08.8	happen depending on how the rulings ultimately come out. But we need to begin with
1:12.2	the 14th Amendment section
1:13.6	three itself. Can you just update us, tell us what is that amendment section and what was its
1:22.0	original intent?
1:23.1	Why was it written in the first place?
1:24.9	So this is in the 14th Amendment.
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