Welcome to the Oath and the Office podcast starring Professor Corey Brechtider.

I am John Fugles saying there is no emergency in Washington, D.C., but the guy who had D.C. cops beaten for a lie is calling

out the National Guard for all that D.C. crime. I am so pleased to welcome to you. Professor

Corey Brechtnyder, constitutional law scholar, political scientist and author whose work has always

examined the balance between liberty and democratic

governance. He is the author of The Oath in the Office and the Presidents of the People.

And today we're going to talk about the growing militarization of federal power, attacks on

judicial independence, manipulation of official statistics, and the looming threat to marriage

equality. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a man just honored by the American Bar Association

with the Silver Gavill Award for his work defending the rule of law.

Professor Corey Brett Schneider.

Hello, sir.

Thanks so much, John.

What a pleasure to be with you.

And what a group of topics we have.

I mean, this, you know, militarization of the D.C., of the governance of Washington, D.C., the use of the military in L.A.

We've been talking throughout this podcast about the idea of a self-coup, the president taking over the other branches.

And that so far has had a kind of subtle dimension, what sometimes is called this soft coup, not violence. But now as the military comes out, it looks like we're moving more towards a coup, towards a hard coup, as political scientists talk about it. And, of course, these other assaults on democracy on the judiciary, Judge Boasberg's attempt to get justice through contempt

hearings. So important. I'm glad we're going to cover that. We're going to cover all of it.

And looking forward to the conversation. Okay, but you did a good job, Professor, of glossing over

the fact that I congratulated you receiving the Silver Gaville Award from the American Bar Association.

I'm sorry, I'm just a mook here.

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