In President Trump’s first term, Roman Mars treated the U.S. Constitution like a warm blanket, something to turn to for comfort as Trump stomped all over the country’s laws and centuries of precedence. Roman even enlisted his neighbor and constitutional law professor, Elizabeth Joh, to co-host the podcast What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law.
But in Trump’s second term, Elizabeth says we the people must act as the warm blanket to the Constitution, lending it support and affirming our belief in its importance. And in order to do that, we must understand it.
And so we bring you The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Constitution.
Each month, Roman and Elizabeth will tackle a different section of this 7600-word document so we can treat the Constitution as a text to be analyzed, dissecting its meaning and understanding the historical context and present-day applications. The second half of each episode will be an installment of What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, where we look at a recent event through the lens of constitutional law.
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The well-written and carefully-researched book, The Train to Crystal City (by Jan Jarboe Russel), describes another time in our country’s history when many U.S. citizens failed to question our government’s use of legal and extra-legal processes to incarcerate and deport thousands of people, without the due process guaranteed by the Constitution. When I read this book many years ago, I thought those dark days were gone, never to return. Sadly, how wrong I was.
Would you happen to have a recommendation for a version of the Constitution that has explanations, annotations, etc written for the layman?
(Thanks for the awesome podcast!)