{"id":21766,"date":"2025-07-02T19:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=21766"},"modified":"2025-07-02T19:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:03:32","slug":"smacking-presidential-crime-waves-on-the-parallax-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/02\/smacking-presidential-crime-waves-on-the-parallax-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Smacking Presidential Crime Waves on the Parallax Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-21769\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify-1024x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify-800x285.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify-150x53.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify-768x274.png 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-16-18-16-Trump-the-Imperial-Presidency-and-How-the-Bush-Biden-Administrations-Got-Us-Here-w_-James-Bovard-Parallax-Views-w_-J.G.-Michael-Podcast-on-Spotify.png 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So many presidents, so little time.\u00a0 J.G. Michael and I had fun on his <strong>Parallax Podcast<\/strong> thumping Trump&#8217;s bombing of Iran, George W. Bush&#8217;s bombing of Iraq, and Obama&#8217;s bombing of 7 nations &#8211; plus his assassination program for American citizens.\u00a0 These are hard times for faith in the Rule of Law.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the rowdy hour long discussion\u00a0 on<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0UfEZgRr5G9s5nXHu7kCKy\"> Spotify here<\/a>\u00a0 or on <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/parallax-views-w-jg-michael-2362658\/trump-the-imperial-presidency-and-how-the-bush-biden-administrations-got-us-here-w-james-bovard\">Player FM\u00a0<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/parallaxviews.podbean.com\/e\/jbovard7-25\/\">on Podbean.\u00a0<\/a> There is also an audio version on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FkoLK_riU1g\">YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is J.G.&#8217;s summary of the show:<\/p>\n<p>On this edition of <em>Parallax Views<\/em>, libertarian author and critic James Bovard joins J.G. Michael to unpack Donald Trump\u2019s recent bombing of Iran through the lens of \u201cpresidential absolutism.\u201d Bovard argues that what appears to be unprecedented aggression is actually the culmination of decades-long erosion of constitutional checks\u2014originating with Bush\u2019s post\u20119\/11 AUMF and expansive signing statements, continuing through Obama\u2019s targeted drone strikes on U.S. citizens like Anwar al\u2011Awlaki, and through congressional acquiescence to war powers abuses. Some have called this the trend of the &#8220;Imperial Presidency&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Themes explored:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From AUMF to Imperial Office \u2013 How the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force became a blank check for successive presidents, and the failure of Congress to pushback.<\/li>\n<li>Bush\u2019s Legal Legacy \u2013 The \u201cunitary executive theory,\u201d sanctioning torture memos and sweeping interpretations of presidential privilege that laid groundwork for future overreach.<\/li>\n<li>The Obama Continuation of Executive Overreach \u2013 Drone killings and mass surveillance helped normalize executive power grabbing.<\/li>\n<li>Trump\u2019s Presidential Absolutism \u2013 What the bombing of Iran illustrates about the Trump administration and Presidential power in 2025. We also discuss how<\/li>\n<li>Domestic Spillover and the Crushing of Dissent on Foreign Policy Issues \u2013 The chilling effect on dissent, illuminated by the arrest of Turkish grad student R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, showcases how war fever and narratives about foreign enemies, especially since the Global War on Terror, lead to the curtailing of freedoms at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This episode is a deep and timely discussion on how America\u2019s constitutional safeguards were weakened by successive administrations, culminating in the boldest assertions of presidential power yet\u2014making Trump\u2019s actions appear in some ways more like continuation than rupture.<\/p>\n<p>******************<\/p>\n<p>Here is a 90 second outtake of me discussing the Trump administration&#8217;s persecution of a Turkish graduate student who was nabbed on the streets outside of Boston &#8211;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21766-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ozturk-Outrage-Excerpt-from-Parallax-Podcast-7-1-25.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ozturk-Outrage-Excerpt-from-Parallax-Podcast-7-1-25.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ozturk-Outrage-Excerpt-from-Parallax-Podcast-7-1-25.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many presidents, so little time.\u00a0 J.G. Michael and I had fun on his Parallax Podcast thumping Trump&#8217;s bombing of Iran, George W. Bush&#8217;s bombing of Iraq, and Obama&#8217;s bombing of 7 nations &#8211; plus his assassination program for American citizens.\u00a0 These are hard times for faith in the Rule of Law. 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