Constitutional Crisis? How to Get Your Questions Answered

About this episode

The episode discusses constitutional questions arising from the Trump administration's actions and features a conversation with legal experts.

Keeping up with the Trump administration 2.0 is like drinking from a firehose.From dropping bombs on Iran — without Congress weighing in — to mass deportations by masked ICE agents, to DOGE taking a chainsaw to federal institutions — it’s a lot.A looming, ever present question: is any of it constitutional?Our first attempt at answering this question took place at a Civil Dialogues town hall in St. Louis, MO on March 6, 2025.Today’s podcast moves that conversation forward with two of the panelists, Jay Sexton, Director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, and Steve Davis, senior legal fellow at Pacific Legal Foundation and member of the Federalist Society.This was recorded the day before the U.S. joined Israel in its war against Iran.Engage in Civil Dialogue With UsAfter watching or listening to this episode, we hope you’ll join us for the next installment of “The People, The President & The Constitution: Your Questions Answered” on July 22nd.That same topic was so well received in St. Louis that we’ve decided to take it on the road to as many cities as will have us. Next stop, the Kansas City Public Library.We’ll talk about what’s happening in real time, how…

People in this episode

Host: Linda Lorelle

Guests: Jay Sexton, Steve Davis

Topics covered

• constitutional crisis
• Trump administration
• civil dialogue
• democracy

Keywords

• civil dialogues
• town hall
• Kansas City Public Library

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The People, The President & The Constitution: Your Questions Answered, Emmy Award

Places: Iran, St. Louis, MO, U.S., Israel

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