Three Bullets to the Heart of the Constitution

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of DSR’s Words Matter, Slate journalist and Supreme Court expert Dahlia Lithwick joins Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf to discuss America’s ongoing legal crisis. Are we actually in a constitutional crisis? Can we count on the courts to protect us when they continue to hand concessions to Trump? What roles do figures such as Justices Roberts and Boasberg play in this authoritarian showdown? Tune in as Dahlia, Norm and David tackle all this and more. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.3	Hello, and welcome to DSR's Words Matter.
1:36.7	I'm David Rothkopf.
1:38.0	We'll be joined soon by my usual co-conspirator here, Norm Ornstein.
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