The Constitution, Trump, and the Struggles of US Courts to Interpret History with Jack Rakove

Pulitzer Prize winning historian Jack Rakove discusses the U.S. Constitution, originalism, charges against former president Donald Trump, and the role of historians in constitutional litigation.

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Important questions regarding Trump: can he be prosecuted for criminal wrongdoing when he was serving as president, whether the two impeachment trials matter, and if Colorado’s decision to disqualify him from the state’s primary ballots is constitutional. Pulitzer Prize winning historian Jack Rakove joins Pam and Rich for a discussion on the U.S. Constitution, originalism, charges against former president Donald Trump, and the role of historians in constitutional litigation.

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