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The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Trump’s Five Big Fights

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We're only 19 days into Trump's term, but it seems like 19 months have passed already since January 20. When Alexander Hamilton wrote of "energy in the executive," he had no idea that a real estate tycoon would become the greatest example of this understanding of the presidency.

This week's episode reviews five of Trump's biggest fights that are interrelated in ways that could rebalance out constitutional order in ways conservatives have hoped beyond hope for decades might be possible. Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship is forcing a long overdue debate on the issue along with a challenge to district judges issuing nationwide injunctions; his freezing of spending revives the issue of presidential power to impound funds Congress has appropriated; and his firing of civil servants and termed appointees to federal boards and commissions will force a reconsideration of the old Humphrey's Executor case that a wide spectrum of scholar believe was wrongly decided.

Along the way we get in some pop culture references to Star Trek and The Sporanos; the required defense of the McRib from all comers, and some additional closing observations on the "vibe shift" Trump has set in motion on DEI and related culture war issues.

Hosts:
John Yoo'Lucretia'Steve Hayward

Discussion (4)

  • WilliamWarford@WilliamWarford

    In determining whether or not Chris Scalia was being ironic, we need to consider how many of his tweets are unequivocally ironic. About 97%. So I suspect the one about overreach was ironic as well. He is a very funny guy.

  • Brickhouse Hank@HankRhody

    Wait, Lucretia, your college assigned you to hunt down and terminate the DIE programs with extreme prejudice? I'm so sorry for all the heartache that's going to cause you.

    Wait, no, not heartache. Rib splitting. From all the gleeful laughter. Don't strain yourself.

  • Richard Easton@RichardEaston

    John, John Roberts strongly supported judicial independence when his language appeared on both sides of the Obama Care decision. /s He’s a coward who appears to be more afraid of liberal criticism.

  • Rick Banyan@RickBanyan

    The famous takedown of Lillian Helman, "Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the,'" is a quote from Mary McCarthy, not Dorothy Parker. (I'm awarding myself a few Nerd points to save you the trouble.)