Episode Details

Ian Forgie, an author, lawyer, and member of East Bay DSA, concisely examines the Constitution’s structural provisions (including various Executive powers and a malapportioned bicameral legislature) during an event hosted by Marxist Unity Group and Cosmonaut Magazine. Ian touches on many important topics, including why we can’t have a democracy in this country without a new constitution, how Article V makes the amendment process so difficult that the power to change the Senate would essentially be revolutionary power, and how people inside and outside the law profession tend to think about the Constitution.