{"podcast":{"title":"The Oath and The Office","slug":"the-oath-and-the-office-7209235","podcast_index_feed_id":7209235,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6518729/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-oath-and-the-office--6518729","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a23d8652338e9782711f8f63f5c2a304.jpg","author":"Corey Brettschneider","episode_count":68,"summary":"Mixing sharp wit and serious political fire, The Oath and The Office is where hard-hitting constitutional analysis meets razor-sharp comedy. Distinguished political science professor Corey Brettschneider teams up with comedian John Fugelsang to break down the most powerful 35 words in American democracy—the presidential oath of office. Every president swears to “preserve, protect, and defend” the Constitution, but what happens when one openly attacks democracy and the rule of law itself? Each week, Corey and John pull no punches, exposing the latest threats to the rule of law and demanding accountability. Smart, fearless, and wickedly funny—this is the civics lesson you can’t afford to miss.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oath-and-the-office-7209235"},"episode":{"title":"Can Trump Undo Our Citizenship Rights? (with ACLU’s Cecillia Wang)","slug":"can-trump-rewrite-the-14th-amendment-with-aclu-s-cecilia-wang","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oath-and-the-office-7209235/can-trump-rewrite-the-14th-amendment-with-aclu-s-cecilia-wang","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oath-and-the-office-7209235","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-trump-undo-our-citizenship-rights-with-aclu-s-cecillia-wang--71997977","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71997977/051426_tonto.mp3","summary":"This week on The Oath and The Office, Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang begin with the new redistricting wars, as southern states move to dilute Black Americans’ voting power after a green light from the Supreme Court. They look at Tennessee, Alabama, and the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision striking down a voting plan approved by voters. Then, they turn to citizenship itself: DOJ support for stripping citizenship from naturalized citizens and Trump’s attacks on his own Supreme Court justices. Corey then speaks with Cecilia Wang, National Legal Director of the ACLU, who argued before the Supreme Court against Trump’s executive order attacking birthright citizenship, with Trump himself watching from the courtroom. Wang explains why the text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment are on her side, how Reconstruction transformed the Constitution, and why the fight over citizenship is part of the larger battle for voting rights, civil liberties, and democracy itself.","meta_description":"This week on The Oath and The Office, Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang begin with the new redistricting wars, as southern states move to dilute Bla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3953,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-oath-and-the-office-7209235/episodes/can-trump-rewrite-the-14th-amendment-with-aclu-s-cecilia-wang/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oath-and-the-office-7209235/can-trump-rewrite-the-14th-amendment-with-aclu-s-cecilia-wang.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}