The US Constitution is fragile. How can it be defended in the Trumpian era? A conversation with Associate Professor William Partlett

Melbourne Law School and host Jon Faine bring you Justice: a weekly podcast about the law behind the news.President Trump is stress testing the Constitution of the USA inways that have never been seen, drawing on strategies we see in authoritarian countries. Will judges and the courts frustrate his efforts to assume more power than any previous President? We ask constitutional law scholar Associate Professor William Partlett, of Melbourne Law School, to explain. READ MORE ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL DARK ARTS: Why The Russian Constitution Matters: The Constitutional Dark ArtsTrump is ruling like a ‘king’, followingthe Putin model. How can he be stopped?Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’leader will help America. My new book explains why he’s wrongJustice is a podcast of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne.