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Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment

Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment

The David Frum Show vor 4 Monaten

Professor David W. Blight on President Trump’s war on the Fourteenth Amendment. Plus: Brexit at 10 years and “1873” by Liaquat Ahamed.

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In this episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum
opens with his thoughts on the Brexit vote, which was cast 10 years
ago this month. David explains why Brexit has not only been a
failure but has led to years of political instability in the U.K.
in the decade following the British vote to leave the European
Union. Then, David is joined by professor David W. Blight to
discuss the blood-soaked aftermath of the Civil War and the
stumbling project to bring freedom to the former slaves of the
South through the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments.
David and Blight discuss Trump’s project to gut the Fourteenth
Amendment to say that some people born on American soil will no
longer be Americans. Finally, David ends the episode with a
discussion of “1873” by Liaquat Ahamed. David reflects on the
financial crisis of that year and the long price depression that
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