Behind the News: The Constitution v. Democracy w/ Aziz Rana
How the system crafted by the US Constitution led to Donald Trump.
April 28, 2025
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<p><a href="https://www.azizrana.com/" rel="nofollow">Aziz Rana</a>, author of <em><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo208177761.html" rel="nofollow">The Constitutional Bind</a></em>, describes how the system crafted by the US Constitution led to Donald Trump and has constricted our ability fight him.</p>
<p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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