Emily Bazelon

There are a laundry list of changes Congress could make to try to restore more of its authority and just check abuses of executive power.

The idea that this Congress right now, really, we're talking about the Republicans who control this Congress are going to fundamentally change how they interact with President Trump.

I mean, I don't know.

I'm curious what both of you think.

But it seems like there's this problem of misaligned incentives where they still think there's a greater danger from Trump coming after them, potentially facing impeachment.

Trump approved primary challenges and that it's unlikely that this dynamic is going to really shift until after the midterms.

Right.

But then they have to say, hey, wait a second.

We're against President Trump's favorite tool and biggest part of his agenda.

And that is a harder sentence for them to utter.

Right.

Yeah, totally.

And he's also unpopular.

So if the normal rules of politics applied, then I would be more concerned.

I'd see more room for the path that you're talking about.

And maybe they will begin more and more to apply.

Right.

I mean, Trump has has had this kind of magnetic hold over his party because his supporters are so devoted and they're such an important percentage of Republican voters.

But maybe we will start to see those dynamics shift.

And look, you know, the other alternative is that the Republicans lose the midterms.