About this episode
Melissa Murray joins Tim Miller to discuss the Constitution, government power, and current political issues including abortion and voting rights.
Our Constitution is about limited government and restraining the power of the state, but we've got a president asserting powers he lawfully doesn't have, a Supreme Court that largely helps him do so, and a Republican Congress that's just dozing through it all. Americans need a refresher on how our government is supposed to work under the Constitution. Plus, the mifepristone case has brought abortion politics roaring back in time for the midterms, Trump is creating his own libel rules and circumventing press freedoms, and no, SCOTUS, the 14th and 15th Amendments were not designed to be colorblind on the matter of voting rights. Melissa Murray joins Tim Miller. show notes Melissa's new annotated guide to the Constitution Melissa's "Strict Scrutiny" podcast The NYT on the Supreme Court's shadow docket Tickets for our Bulwark Live shows in San Diego on 5/20 and in LA on 5/21: TheBulwark.com/Events Exclusive $25-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/BULWARK . Promo Code THEBULWARK
People in this episode
Host: Tim Miller
Guest: Melissa Murray
Topics covered
- Constitution
- limited government
- abortion politics
- Supreme Court
- voting rights
- Trump
Keywords
- Constitution
- government power
- abortion
- Supreme Court
- voting rights
- Trump
- libel rules
- 14th Amendment
- 15th Amendment
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