Welcome to another edition of the Oath and the Office.

I'm John Fuglesang on this episode.

Congressman Ted Liu joins us to discuss the new no-first strike bill for those worried about elderly narcissist authoritarians with no impulse control and decades of untreated syphilis launching nukes based on vibes.

And also, folks, it is official.

Trump's economy is collapsing.

And he's decided the best way to fix it is to tear down the White House and build himself a ballroom of the damned.

Trump said it.

He said it this year.

Real quote, it won't interfere with the existing building.

It'll be near it, not touching it.

Which is also what he said about the Constitution.

So let's bring in the star of the pod, Professor Corey Brechtnider, who is the rock star in the

Polyside Department at Brown. You've read his stuff in Politico, New York Times, CNN, MSNBC,

and of course he is the author of the book, The Oath in the Office, a guide to the Constitution for

future presidents. Professor Brechtniter, it's great to see you again.

Thanks so much, John. This is, of course, a really special episode.

There's a lot to talk about before Congressman Lou joins us.

But the whole theme of the podcast is holding a president to account to the oath, to preserve,

protect, and defend the Constitution as required.

Now, what branch is supposed to do that?

Well, the judiciary and, of course, most fundamentally,

the framers thought Congress, and most Congress people, for whatever reason, have totally abandoned

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