It's the Democracy, Stupid | Dec. 27, 2025

On this week's show Professor Joel Ostrow fills in for Edwin Eisendrath, and his guests are– Scott Sakiyama, Oak Park attorney who was detained temporarily by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 20 near his child’s elementary school after trying to warn the community about ICE presence in the area– Juan Garcia, founder of Kalpulli Across Borders– Geoffrey R. Stone, the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago– Peter Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, and distinguished scholar in residence at NYU School of Law; his latest piece for Washington Monthly is “How the Roberts Court Indulges Trump’s Constitutional Workarounds”– Rima Ziuraitas, certified TACMED instructor and medic in Ukraine Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.