Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 1 of 3,584, 0 of 3,862, 0 of 4,115, 3 of 4,226, 1 of 4,731, 1 of 4,438, 1 of 4,230, 0 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
The judicial branch's role is to ensure legal procedures are followed, and characterizing judges as unelected obstacles to executive will is indicative of a dictatorial perspective.
“So the idea that he would come out and basically say we again unelected We get to do whatever we want because Donald Trump won an election is essentially a dictatorship. That's not how our system works.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Feb 2026 · 3 episodes · 1.1M views on this topicThe US Constitution is fundamentally broken and provides no protection against presidential corruption.
“My conclusion, the US Constitution is broken. It's not fit for purpose. What we've discovered is that if you get a president like Trump and if you enter a world of private sector, crypto, globalized growth, the US Constitution is no protection.”
The Rest Is Politics · May 2026 · 2 episodes · 526K views on this topicHe views Trump's actions as a dangerous disregard for established American institutional norms and legal processes in favor of power and violence.
“We're creating a culture which I think is fundamentally about Steven Miller, particularly Trump's deputy chief of staff, but actually pretty much Vance and Trump too, believing in the end that what matters is power, force and violence, not laws and process.”
The Rest Is Politics · Oct 2025 · 2 episodes · 526K views on this topicThe president lacks the constitutional authority to unilaterally change federal election procedures.
“Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the president to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures.”
MeidasTouch · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 192K views on this topicThe Department of Justice should remain independent from the White House and not be politicized to serve a president's interests.
“And certainly it's not the Department of Justice's job historically to do a president's bidding. Pam Bondi changed that paradigm, which is why her firing was perhaps so shocking to people because she was truly politicizing a department which is not to be politicized.”
MeidasTouch · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 192K views on this topicGovernor Newsom asserts that the federalization of the California National Guard is an illegal and unconstitutional action.
“Well, unless he opposes the insurrection act, just blatantly unconstitutional. It's not even a close call. And so we're going to immediately try to seek uh a TTRO, an injunction uh to stop this completely reckless, immoral, yes, but completely illegal and unconstitutional act.”
Pod Save America · Jun 2025 · 1 episode · 169K views on this topicThe federal government's authority to tax in the 50 states is restricted by the Constitution and definitions within the Internal Revenue Code.
“In the US Constitution, the founding fathers required direct taxes by the federal government to be aortioned or divided up amongst the states.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 164K views on this topicThe power to impose tariffs is a form of the power to tax, which is constitutionally reserved for Congress to authorize.
“the court recognized and the majority of the court recognize tariffs are a variation of the power to tax. The power to tax is one that the constitution clearly vests in Congress. uh it is such an impressive and important power that you need congressional authorization.”
Bloomberg Businessweek · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 7K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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