On with Kara Swisher Unchecked and Unbalanced: Trump's Executive Power Moves and the Rule of Law
Podcast Episode | 66 min | Talk-Show

On with Kara Swisher

Unchecked and Unbalanced: Trump's Executive Power Moves and the Rule of Law

Podcast Episode | 66 min | Talk-Show

In just a few weeks, President Trump has flooded the zone with executive orders, which have been met with dozens of lawsuits by state attorneys general, unions and non-profits and complaints by Democrats in Congress. Some of the orders ...See moreIn just a few weeks, President Trump has flooded the zone with executive orders, which have been met with dozens of lawsuits by state attorneys general, unions and non-profits and complaints by Democrats in Congress. Some of the orders have been blocked in court. But last weekend, Vice President JD Vance posted a tweet implying that a judge can't tell the executive what to do. So what recourse do the courts, Congress or states have if the administration were to just ignore judicial rulings against them? Kara discusses the strength of our constitutional "checks and balances" and whether we are in or on the brink of a "constitutional crisis" with former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara (host of the Vox Media Podcast Network's Stay Tuned with Preet); lawyer and outspoken anti-Trump conservative George Conway; CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel; and former Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter. See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Kara Swisher Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Behind the Binary: AllThingsD (2012)
Preet Bharara Self Self See fewer	Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)
George Conway Self Self See fewer	George Conway Explains It All (to Sarah Longwell) (2024)
Jamie Gangel Self Self See fewer	Today (1952)
Jonathan Kanter Self Self See fewer	Pivot (I) (2018)