French Friday: What Happened to Checks & Balances?
French Friday: What Happened to Checks & Balances?  
Podcast: The Holy Post
Published On: Fri Jan 31 2025
Description: David French brings us his thoughts on why the GOP is no longer the party of the Constitution. Have political party allegiances broken the system? What Constitutional guard rails can operate when people are worried about falling out of the President’s favor? Then, he talks about Carl Schmitt, a German political thinker who may have the key to understanding the difference between the politics we’re used to—and the emerging politics of the New Right.   David French’s article on Schmittian politics: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/opinion/trump-maga-schmitt.html   0:00 - Theme Song   0:17 - Show Begins   2:11 - Tiktok—banned or not?   8:10 - Does Trump obey the Supreme Court?   15:30 - Resistant Bacteria Analogy   24:26 - Senators Following the People   27:29 - Political Parties as Checks   34:45 - The Gingrich-Clinton Wars   41:28 - Schmitt and MAGA Morality   53:15 - The Moment for Courage   1:04:52 - End Credits