Scott Detrow

There's a lot of hobbits and, you know, sure, elves and dwarves or whatever else, Middle Earth people you want to put there in this analogy. Do you think, again, a few weeks in, do you think that that idea holds up, that a president can really zone in on one or few areas at a time and can't put a massive immediate fingerprint across the federal government?

There's a lot of hobbits and, you know, sure, elves and dwarves or whatever else, Middle Earth people you want to put there in this analogy. Do you think, again, a few weeks in, do you think that that idea holds up, that a president can really zone in on one or few areas at a time and can't put a massive immediate fingerprint across the federal government?

There's a lot of hobbits and, you know, sure, elves and dwarves or whatever else, Middle Earth people you want to put there in this analogy. Do you think, again, a few weeks in, do you think that that idea holds up, that a president can really zone in on one or few areas at a time and can't put a massive immediate fingerprint across the federal government?

Ronald, what do you see as the most important check and balance at this point?

Ronald, what do you see as the most important check and balance at this point?

Ronald, what do you see as the most important check and balance at this point?

Kenneth, what about you? What's the most important check and balance right now?

Kenneth, what about you? What's the most important check and balance right now?

Kenneth, what about you? What's the most important check and balance right now?

That's Kenneth Lowandy, a political scientist at the University of Michigan and the author of False Front, The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age, as well as Ronald Prusin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. Thanks so much to both of you. Oh, you're welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks. This episode was produced by Mark Rivers and Connor Donovan.

That's Kenneth Lowandy, a political scientist at the University of Michigan and the author of False Front, The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age, as well as Ronald Prusin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. Thanks so much to both of you. Oh, you're welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks. This episode was produced by Mark Rivers and Connor Donovan.

That's Kenneth Lowandy, a political scientist at the University of Michigan and the author of False Front, The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age, as well as Ronald Prusin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. Thanks so much to both of you. Oh, you're welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks. This episode was produced by Mark Rivers and Connor Donovan.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

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