The Politics Guys Michael Baranowski

Mike talks with attorney, author, and historian Talmage Boston. His books include Cross-Examining History, Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of Lawyers in History, and most recently, How The Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents, which is the focus of their discussion.
Topics Mike and Talmage cover include:
- the “Great 8”: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, TR, FDR, Ike, JFK, and Reagan
- key leadership strengths of those 8 presidents
- the main weakness of each of the 8 presidents
- most important presidential leadership skills
- if it’s harder to be a great political leader in today’s world
- strengths and weaknesses of Joe Biden and Donald Trump
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Mike talks about the The Jordan Harbinger Show. Hope you enjoy it too.

Trey & Ken discuss the meaning of the 11th Amendment including:

Chisholm v Georgia

Hans v Louisiana

Ex parte Young

Fitzpatrick v Bitzer

Seminole Tribe v Florida

Central Virginia Community College v Katz


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Trey & Ken open by delving into President Biden's proposed path to citizenship for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, analyzing its potential impacts and political ramifications. Trey argues the timing is a political bone to the left in the wake of his tougher border policies. 
Next, they tackle the implications of three major Supreme Court cases. In the first, Moore v. United States, upholding foreign asset taxing, Trey and Ken agree with the majority but Trey disagrees with the policy implications of a wealth tax. In the second, Gonzalez v. Trevino, both Trey and Ken agree that reigning in some protection for police officers is important. Still, Ken argues that all the justices would change their votes if it were applied to former president Trump. In the third, United States v. Rahimi, they discuss the upholding of the Second Amendment's constitutionality for those under domestic violence orders.
Lastly, they explore the Senate's recent blockage of the Democratic-led bump stock ban by Senate Republicans. Trey argues Republicans are simply using it as a political tool for the upcoming election and hopes afterward a ban will be possible.
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Mike talks with Liam deClive-Lowe, co-founder and co-president of American Policy Ventures. APV is a group that works with people and organizations across the ideological spectrum to make it easier for policymakers to effectively solve critical policy problems. They sponsored the Georgetown Battleground Civility Poll that came out not too long ago, which is the focus of their conversation
Topics Mike & Liam Discuss Include:
- the mission of AVP
- the value of Democrat and Republican pollsters working together
- why most Republicans and Democrats believe democracy is threatened
- fighting for values vs working for the best possible solution
- getting to a point of ‘slightly less loathing’
- how close we are to civil war
- why Congress is more bipartisan than you might think
- opportunities for bipartisanship
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Mike and May open the preview of this supporters’ midweek episode by discussing the House of Representatives holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over audio of Special Counsel Hur’s interview with President Biden in the classified documents investigation. They agree that this is political on both sides, and that while the Biden camp may not have strong legal ground to stand on, it’s not likely the audio will be released before the election.
Following that they turn to the conservative backlash against YouTuber Ms. Rachel. Many conservatives believe that Ms. Rachel’s support for Pride Month and the inclusion of a non-binary guest makes her channel inappropriate for children. Mike argues that Ms. Rachel isn’t doing anything objectionable, and nothing that amounts to ‘grooming’, a term he argues conservatives throw around with reckless abandon,.
They close by discussing May’s recent article in the Washington Examiner on a federal magistrate judge’s ruling that not transferring a female-identifying, biologically male prisoner to a women’s prison violates her 8th Amendment rights. May finds this completely out of line with any reasonable understanding of the amendment, whereas Mike sees it as a reasonable conclusion to reach considering the circumstances in this particular case.
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