Dave Davies

Arguably until – well, really recent years and the current administration in the White House where we've seen – I mean it's just a fact that longstanding boundaries and norms have been violated.

You're following this closely.

I mean this is a big question but what's the impact of the changes we're seeing and what lies ahead?

Trevor Burrus, Jr.

: The other thing we've seen is we've seen enormous influence on the judicial branch by the president, him picking political loyalists for district courts, appeals courts and arguably for the Supreme Court.

No way around that really, is there?

I mean that's the power that was given to the president of the constitution.

Trevor Burrus You have a specific proposal for the Supreme Court.

You want to explain that?

You know, you write regularly on constitutional questions.

You have a substack, right?

Major questions, I think, is what it's called.

And, you know, as we talk about this stuff, I mean, these are interesting but very tough questions and require a lot of knowledge and thought.

And, you know, you want to bring experience to bear.

And when I think about the fact that, you know, nobody reads a newspaper anymore and, like, internet memes capture our attention so quickly with all the algorithms of the –

Do we have a shot at actually doing – thinking rationally about government anymore?

All right.

Well, a hopeful thought there.

Jesse Wegman, thank you so much for speaking with us.

Jesse Wegman's new book is The Lost Founder, James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution.