Jim Santelle, host of Amicus: A Law Review, joins us as cohost for the day. In this hour, we discuss the American system of government. We are not a monarchy. Nor should we be an oligarchy. We are a democratic republic with three co-equal branches of government with checks and balances on each other. Those checks are vital to maintaining and protecting the will of the people. Sometimes, these checks require one branch to step in and challenge or restrict the actions of another branch. So when members of President Trump's administration proclaim that federal judges, parts of the co-equal Judicial Branch, need to be removed for challenging the Constitutionality of Trump's actions, we're concerned.

Also this hour, we discuss further fallout from Signalgate- or Whiskeyleaks if you're feeling petty. A major concern we have over this ordeal is that citizens cannot file requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act when said documents are on Signal. Here again, checks and balances matter. The Legislative and Judicial branches now must respond to these egregious violations in the Executive.

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