Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Though most Americans have problems with the way this country is run, the Constitution remains popular — and untouchable, in our nation of laws. But it’s often difficult to solve 21st century problems with an 18th century document. Aaron Tang, author and professor of law at UC Davis, joins us once again to argue that, instead of aligning with the Constitution, courts should try to cause the least permanent harm possible. If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected] Podcast production by Maura Currie. You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus! Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Here Me Out. I'm Celeste Hedley. Can the Constitution save us?
0:06.3	Look, there are a lot of pressing threats to our nation's democracy at the moment.
0:11.2	I probably don't have to list them for you. But at the time of this
0:14.5	episode's release we're waiting for a verdict on whether a former president can run
0:18.6	again given his alleged role in facilitating an insurrection attempt. It's an unprecedented situation in a world that has changed
0:26.5	radically since the Constitution was written. So are we foolish to look to that 230 year old document for answers.
0:34.8	The idea that a constitution that was written like a century before the light bulb could
0:39.3	give us a clear answer whether there is a constitutional right to get gender affirming care.
0:44.2	That's crazy.
0:45.2	The truth is, we don't know.
0:46.2	The Supreme Court justices should say that and then it should say, well, let's look at the
0:50.3	consequences.
0:51.3	Aaron Tang, author and professor of law, returns to hear me out in just a moment.
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