"The Constitution is Trash." with Elie Mystal
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Elie Mystal is The Nation Magazine’s Justice Correspondent. He's a frequent guest on MSNBC commenting on the intersection between the legal and the political. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he gave up Big Law to fight for justice.
He has just published a new book that immediately landed on the New York Times bestseller list at #2. Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution can be purchased here.
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| 1:05.0 | Hello, good friends. Thank you for joining us again on the Bill Press pod. |
| 1:12.4 | Well, of course, growing up, we were taught that the Constitution, like the Bible, is a sacred document. |
| 1:18.8 | And some also believe that, again, like the Bible, every word of the Constitution must be taken literally. |
| 1:19.7 | But, of course, that would be dangerous for the Bible and for the Constitution, because |
| 1:24.6 | taking the Constitution literally would mean, among other things, |
| 1:29.3 | that neither women nor black people could vote, and that, in fact, black people wouldn't even |
| 1:34.6 | count as a whole person. So it's important to recognize the Constitution for what it is. |
| 1:41.3 | Yes, a great document. After all, it's guided us for over 240 years, but also |
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