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Daniel Lazare is the author of The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution is Paralyzing Democracy, The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Decline of American Democracy, and America’s Undeclared War: What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop It. Dan has been a leading critic of the Constitution for nearly three decades. He has written for the Weekly Worker, Jacobin, and The Democratic Constitution Blog. His latest article for this blog discusses the recent presidential debate and why the Constitution is partially to blame. In this episode of the Democratic Constitution Podcast, Dan touches on many topics, including why the Constitution initially caught his attention, the powers held by the Supreme Court, civil liberties and the Bill of Rights, and the difference between a constitutional convention and a constituent assembly.
Daniel Lazare on US Constitutional Worship