Trump as a wrecking ball of all norms

Harvard's Jack Goldsmith on the Coming Trump Presidency


Conversations with Bill Kristol
 Dec 12, 2024  Conversations with Bill Kristol
What should we expect in Donald Trump’s coming term?
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Chapter 1 (00:15 - 28:17): Trump's Second Term
Chapter 2 (28:17 - 1:08:26): Trump and the Rule of Law
How well might the political and legal norms of constitutional government fare in the second Trump administration? To discuss, we are joined by Jack Goldsmith, distinguished law professor at Harvard and former Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel. As Goldsmith explains, Trump has expressed ambitions to exercise unprecedented control over the federal government, with plans to change the Civil Service and administrative agencies, and wield the pardon power aggressively, among other methods. While emphasizing the broad powers the president has to shape policy and personnel, Goldsmith discusses the future of checks and balances that protect the rule of law. To preserve the guardrails of government, Goldsmith emphasizes the role and responsibility of Congress, political appointees, and bureaucrats maintaining fidelity to constitutional duties.


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Philosopher Slavoj ;i;ek on the re-election of Donald Trump & his fears for Western values

OxfordUnion
 Nov 28, 2024
Slavoj ;i;ek speaks to Oxford Union President Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy about atheism, why Trump was elected again, what the Democrats got wrong after the 2016 election and his issues with BRICS nations.

Mr ;i;ek is a Slovenian Marxist philosopher, cultural theorist and writer. He is the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London. His work is mainly focussed on continental philosophy and political theory.