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The Auron MacIntyre Show
Constitutional Crisis | Guest: Lafayette Lee | 2/2/2024
Feb 2, 2024
Founder of IM-1776, Lafayette Lee, joins to discuss the ongoing battle between the constitutional order and the administrative state. Topics include the power struggle at the Texas border, origins of the constitutional crisis, interplay of moral and civil rights revolutions, role of dictators and legitimacy in government, the left's plan and immigration crisis, and debasing of the administrative state.
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- The clash between power and legitimacy in the current political landscape stems from the administrative state overpowering the constitutional order.
- The total state, comprising the administrative government and the woke civil rights revolution, has undermined the authority of the Constitution and created a lack of legitimacy for the current regime.
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The Clash Between Power and Legitimacy
The podcast episode discusses the clash between power and legitimacy in the current political landscape. It highlights how the administrative state has taken over the constitutional order, leading to a loss of authority for the Constitution. This shift began during the Great Depression and culminated in the New Deal, establishing an administrative government that combined power and authority. The discussion explores how this shift has affected the relationship between the people and the government, with power being wielded by knowledge elites and the administrative state. It emphasizes the importance of legitimacy and how the current power struggle between state governors and the federal government represents the tension between power and authority.
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