“Should Biden Step Aside?” and Constitutional Issues Around the 2024 Election – Michael Artime, PLU – #214

We invited Professor Michael Artime from Pacific Lutheran University back on the show to discuss the upcoming election. In this conversation we covered several topics:

• Ezra Klein’s suggestion that Biden step-aside as the Democratic nominee
• The 14th Amendment challenges to DJT for along insurrection grounds
• The state of our ever more fragile norms 
• The mainstreaming of Dominionist Christian-Nationalism, with the rise of Speaker Mike Johnson

Cast of Characters

Michael Artime – PLU

Going Further

• Ezra Klein – Democrats Have a Better Option than Biden
• Artime on Episode #77 – What a second Trump term might look like?

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