Political Gabfest | The “Constitutional Crisis Is Here”

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week, John Dickerson and David Plotz are joined by Ruth Marcus to discuss the showdown over mass deportation and the government’s defiant response to court orders; a deep data dive by Ezra Klein and David Shor about why Trump won the 2024 election; and this week’s so-called “negotiation” call between Trump and Putin. Listener chatter from Kevin in Portland, Oregon: Orb (Netflix) For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, John and David are joined by Ruth Marcus to discuss the arrest and prosecution of a Houston midwife this week under Texas’s near-total abortion ban. In the latest Gabfest Reads, David talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Kevin Bendis And Cheyna Roth Research by Emily Ditto Want more Political Gabfest? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Political Gabfest show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/gabfestplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.
0:07.0	We're going to make this country safe again.
0:09.0	I'm proud to be a part of this administration.
0:11.0	We're not stopping.
0:12.0	I don't care what the judges think.
0:14.0	I don't care the left thinks.
0:15.0	We're coming.
0:17.0	March 20th, 2025, the Constitutional Crisis is Here, edition.
0:22.9	I'm David Plotz of Citicast in Washington, D.C.
0:26.1	Joining me from New York is, of course, John Dickerson, the co-anchor of the CBS
0:30.2	Evening News and the anchor of CBS Evening News Plus.
0:34.5	Hello, John.
0:35.5	Hello.
0:37.4	All right. Hello. That was a weird, John. Hello. All right.
0:38.2	Hello.
0:38.9	That was a weird, long hello that had nothing after it, but so it goes.
0:42.6	Well, I'm reserving my time.
0:46.3	I'm reserving my time.
0:48.2	Okay.
0:49.4	Emily is still on vacation.
0:52.3	No matter, because we have beloved occasional GabFest host, Ruth Marcus,
0:59.0	Ruth, who's been writing for The New Yorker after making a very principled resignation from the
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