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From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tune. I'm Pete Barara. People who have technocratic expertise,

but who lack human judgment and experience, practical wisdom, sense of history, they've

gotten us, if you just look back at the last half century, they've gotten us into some

pretty dangerous political circumstance. That's Michael Sandel. He's an esteemed philosophy

professor at Harvard, and I sat in his classroom many years ago to learn about justice. During

his four decades at the school, he's inspired thousands of others to explore thorny ethical

issues. This week, Professor Sandel is publishing a new book, The Terranie of Merit, What's

Become of the Common Good. Sandel and I talk about the roots of America's obsession with

meritocracy, and why we might need to retire the word smart. That's coming up. Stay tuned.

Let's get to your questions. This question comes in a tweet from Twitter user Darren

K.H., who writes, don't understand how actions prior to POTUS's term can engage the resources

to the DOJ to defend. Hashtag asked pre. Thanks Darren for your question. I've gotten

this question a lot over the last 24 hours. You're obviously referring to the case of

E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. E. Jean Carroll is a woman who claims that many

years ago Donald Trump raped her. And after she made those allegations, Donald Trump

said in return that she was a liar and was making it up. She has since filed a defamation

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