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Supreme Court Checks Trump | 2025 Constitutional Year in Review

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January 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

A rare headline: the Supreme Court checks Trump on troops.
In our new The Oath and the Office video episode, @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I use that ruling to walk through 2025’s biggest constitutional stress-tests—and what to watch in 2026.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM

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Julie🫘

@jude11066.bsky.social

Goal for 2026 - Let's get The Oath and the Office up to No. 1. You know the assignment.
#LFG

Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social · 1d

New Year’s gift: a new record—#2 on Apple Podcasts (Government) 🎉
Grateful our 2025 Year in Review episode resonated.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and helping The Oath and The Office rise. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

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January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM

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Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

New Year’s gift: a new record—#2 on Apple Podcasts (Government) 🎉
Grateful our 2025 Year in Review episode resonated.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and helping The Oath and The Office rise. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

LIsten here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

January 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

New Year’s gift: a new record—#2 on Apple Podcasts (Government) 🎉
Grateful our 2025 Year in Review episode resonated.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and helping The Oath and The Office rise. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

LIsten here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

January 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM

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Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Happy New Year!
New episode of The Oath and The Office is live.
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I do a 2025 constitutional year-in-review—beginning with the Supreme Court checking Trump on the National Guard, then the due process showdown over deportations.
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Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 01/01/2026 · 1h 6m

January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Happy New Year!
New episode of The Oath and The Office is live.
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I do a 2025 constitutional year-in-review—beginning with the Supreme Court checking Trump on the National Guard, then the due process showdown over deportations.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 01/01/2026 · 1h 6m

January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM

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Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Happy New Year’s Day! New Oath and The Office is out. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I review 2025’s biggest constitutional stress-tests—and what to watch in 2026. We start with SCOTUS checking Trump on the National Guard.

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Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 01/01/2026 · 1h 6m

January 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Happy New Year’s Day! New Oath and The Office is out. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I review 2025’s biggest constitutional stress-tests—and what to watch in 2026. We start with SCOTUS checking Trump on the National Guard.

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Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 01/01/2026 · 1h 6m

Redacted Epstein Files: Congress’ Legal Playbook to Force Disclosure

January 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM

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Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

New video episode is up: Redacted Epstein Files.

We cover the 60 Minutes controversy, the Brown shooting aftermath + how disinfo spread on X, and the real oversight tools Congress has to force disclosure of the Epstein files
Watch: youtu.be/T7NT5HxqY1I?... @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

Redacted Epstein Files: Congress’ Legal Playbook to Force Disclosure

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December 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

New video episode is up: Redacted Epstein Files.

We cover the 60 Minutes controversy, the Brown shooting aftermath + how disinfo spread on X, and the real oversight tools Congress has to force disclosure of the Epstein files
Watch: youtu.be/T7NT5HxqY1I?... @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

Brown Shooting Fallout: Lies on X — Epstein Redactions

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December 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie

@cousinit.bsky.social

“The Oath and The Office” is the best podcast out there right now, IMO. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social is an excellent host and interviewer and @democracyprof.bsky.social (Corey Brettschneider) is just brilliant. Every time I listen, I can’t pull myself away. If you’re not listening, you should. 🏆

December 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Christmas Eve drop: new Oath and The Office landed this morning. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I cover the Brown investigation + disinformation wave, the redacted Epstein disclosures, the 60 Minutes/CECOT controversy, and our 2026 watchlist. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 12/24/2025 · 1h

Brown Shooting Fallout: Lies on X — Epstein Redactions

December 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Day-early episode (out early for the holiday): Brown shooting aftermath—and the disinformation storm that followed. Then: Congress pushes for more Epstein files, but AG Pam Bondi’s release is heavily redacted—loyalty over oath. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 12/24/2025 · 1h

Brown Shooting Fallout: Lies on X — Epstein Redactions

December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Day-early episode (out early for the holiday): Brown shooting aftermath—and the disinformation storm that followed. Then: Congress pushes for more Epstein files, but AG Pam Bondi’s release is heavily redacted—loyalty over oath. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 12/24/2025 · 1h

Brown Professor Responds to the Campus Shooting — Gun Laws That Work

December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM

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🌊 Matt Gaetz’ 🐀 Defunct SoůL 🌊

@krisbouncedx.bsky.social

@democracyprof.bsky.social THANK YOU for your voice.
You & John ARE getting through to America.
Keep enlightening us

December 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM

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🌊 Matt Gaetz’ 🐀 Defunct SoůL 🌊

@krisbouncedx.bsky.social

LISTEN to this 👇🏼👇🏾👇👇🏿

December 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

A main argument against the indictability of a sitting president is that the Chief Executive is too busy for court.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16d

Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.

December 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Brown Professor Responds to the Campus Shooting — Gun Laws That Work. The video version of this very personal episode of The Oath and the Office is up. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

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A Brown Professor on the Shooting—and Gun Laws

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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

The events at Brown have been horrific. In the newest episode of The Oath and The Office, I reflect with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on what happened and what can be done to reduce the risk of shootings like this in the future. Also, the presidents awful response.
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Podcast Episode · The Oath and The Office · 12/18/2025 · 1h 3m

Trump’s Power Grab (with Leah Litman)

December 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM

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Lisa Liminal 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 ❌👑 🍉

@lisaliminal.bsky.social

I just finished one of the most important books I read all year. Please add The Presidents and the People by Corey Brettschneider to your list. Give him a follow too. @democracyprof.bsky.social

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · Mar 27

If we want to look at the roots of what's going on today, we can find them stretching back to Nixon (and even John Adams).
Grand Jury One was told that if they indicted the President, and he refused the arrest, it would lead to a Constitutional crisis. Nixon could surround the WH with National Guard

Off-white screen with black text. Cover of cited book on the right.
Text reads:
"Jaworski ordered the grand jury reassembled and confronted them. He told the jurors that it was unclear whether the Constitution allowed a sitting president to be indicted while in office, repeating Adams’s view (and an Office of Legal Counsel memo that had been drafted months earlier by Assistant Attorney General Robert Dixon). The members of the grand jury had won the right to investigate the president. But an indictment of a president was a different matter. If Grand Jury One moved forward with the indictment, he warned, it would risk disabling the executive branch, and with it, the government."
The Presidents and the People
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December 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Corey Brettschneider

@democracyprof.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me with concern after today’s horrific events at Brown. I’m away from campus and safe. My heart is with everyone on campus.

December 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM

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Bridget Sweeney

@sweeneyb1.bsky.social

If you haven’t subscribed to the “oath & the office” podcast audio & YouTube channel, please do so, you won’t regret it!!! @democracyprof.bsky.social & @johnfugelsang.bsky.social are the new dynamic duo!!! I appreciate @democracyprof.bsky.social expertise @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s humor!!!