Soldiers in Cities: Can Trump Use Our Military Against Americans? (with Stephen Vladeck)

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Renato and Patti discuss whether Trump has legal authority to use the U.S. military domestically against citizens in response to violence and looting. They were joined by Stephen Vladeck, A. Dalton Cross Professor in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Its.Complicated/ Follow Asha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_ Asha's Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Follow Renato on Twitter: https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/Follow Renato on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@renato.mariotti Opening Theme and Bumper music provided by eitanepsteinmusic / Pond5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	M.S.W. Media. Donald Trump is threatening to use the military against our own citizens in the United States.
0:19.0	Is this legal and constitutional?
0:22.0	Let's get... Is this legal and constitutional?
0:23.4	Let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news.
0:43.2	My name's Renato Mariati.
0:45.4	I'm a former federal prosecutor,
0:47.6	a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.
0:51.0	And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez show who joins us regularly on this
0:57.5	podcast. But before I speak with Patty I want to thank our patrons who brought you this episode.
1:05.0	With special thanks to Michelle Dew,
1:08.0	James Frohmeyer,
1:11.0	J Gellhausen,
1:13.0	J. Gordon, Patrick,
1:16.0	Steve Hungsberg,
1:18.0	Shainan Waczynski, and an anonymous patron.
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1:35.0	So Patty, I have to say this topic is one that I never thought we would need to discuss.
1:43.0	It is, I mean, it's something that I think a lot of people feared,
1:46.0	but I think we all hoped that wouldn't be a reality,
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