What Does A Second Trump Presidency Mean For The Viability Of American Democracy?
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Let's hope there is some truth to the old adage, "It's always darkest before the dawn."
Glenn takes on some of the frequently asked questions about what happens now, given that Donald Trump has said he will be "a dictator on day one."
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. |
| 0:15.5 | Today, Glenn talks about the viability of democracy under the next Trump presidency. |
| 0:27.7 | Hey all. Glenn Kirshner here. So friends, let's start with a headline. A headline that seems to sum things up pretty accurately. This from Rolling Stone, |
| 0:43.4 | America elects convicted felon to be president. Donald Trump easily defeated Kamala Harris to win a second |
| 0:52.3 | term which promises to be a more nakedly authoritarian |
| 0:58.0 | continuation of his first. |
| 1:02.0 | So friends, let's be honest. |
| 1:04.0 | There are no obvious or easy answers to the question. |
| 1:08.0 | What happens now? |
| 1:10.0 | What happens to American democracy? What happens to our republic? |
| 1:15.1 | Will we keep it? There are no clear answers. There are some questions. For example, will President |
| 1:25.5 | Joe Biden use his core constitutional powers as set out by the Supreme Court |
| 1:31.7 | in their presidential immunity ruling? |
| 1:35.5 | Will he use any of those core constitutional powers to try to protect and preserve our democracy? |
| 1:49.0 | Will the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause of an insurrectionist from ever holding office again? |
| 1:54.0 | Will that make an appearance? |
| 1:56.0 | Remember that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says |
| 2:00.0 | in plain, straightforward, unambiguous terms, |
| 2:04.6 | that anybody who takes an oath to support and defend the Constitution, |
| 2:08.6 | who thereafter engages in insurrection, |
| 2:11.6 | or gives aid and comfort to insurrectionists, |
| 2:16.6 | is disqualified, is disqualified from ever holding office again, |
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