Power Imbalance, Trump Supporter Motivations, What if the Democrats Win?, The National Debt, How to Effect Change

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this listener comment episode, Mike and Trey address these questions: Why has the executive branch become so much more powerful than the legislative and judicial branches, and what can we do about it? What motivates President Trump’s political allies beyond short term outcomes? If the Democrats take control of Congress are we still stuck in a stalemate or do we see President Trump force the GOP to compromise to get his agenda passed? What common ground could the Democrats find with Trump? Are they so oppositional that compromise is politically detrimental? How big of a problem is the national debt? What practical things can liberals and conservatives do to effect change? What Mike’s ReadingMarijuana addiction is real, and rising (Denver Post) What Trey’s ReadingThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for a bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:06.0	I'm Michael Beranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:09.6	With me today is my co-host, my occasional co-host, Trey Orndorff, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University.
0:17.9	Trey, how are you today?
0:19.5	I'm doing real well. It's great to be with you again here on the midweek show.
0:22.5	Yeah, we haven't had a chance to do one in these together.
0:25.1	And, geez, I don't know.
0:26.6	And quite a lot.
0:27.4	I don't think we've ever done the midweek show together.
0:29.6	I don't know.
0:29.8	So it's a first.
0:30.7	Here we go.
0:31.2	All right. to it. We have a lot of great listener questions here that we can address. So, yeah, we'll start
0:39.8	with Jill. Jill writes, I'd love a discussion of checks and balances and how the executive
0:46.3	branch is now way too powerful. It has bodies of armed troops accountable to no one else.
0:51.7	It can use these to round people up and imprison them
0:55.1	with impunity and bar Congress and the media from entry. The courts are too slow to act. So
1:00.8	clearly it sounds like Jill's focusing specifically on, you know, what's been going on with the
1:05.8	undocumented immigrant crisis and so forth. But obviously it goes to a broader policy issue as well.
1:14.0	Trey, what do you think? Now, clearly in Jill's question is an assumption that the executive
1:21.5	branch is now way too powerful because she says, well, the executive branch is now way too
1:25.2	powerful. So I guess, you know, first off, do you agree with that?
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