>> joining me now is kermit roosevelt.f constitutional law at the university of pennsylvania law school, and an award winning author of the nation that never was, a groundbreaking reinterpretation of the american story. professor roosevelt, good to see you. thank you for being with us. look, a lot of people are following this new york story, and they're concerned about the quid pro quo and the goofiness of the whole thing. and the borders are going on. fox with eric adams. i'm not concerned with that stuff that's bad. and the courts can can determine that. i'm a little more worried about what else this signals about what the federal government thinks it can do in realms that we have generally accepted as citizens. the federal government does not have a role. >> yeah. >> so what we're seeing here is really the erosion and the overthrow of all. >> of the barriers that our constitution set up to protect us against monarchical tyranny. >> so, you know, if. >> you want. >> the basic question. >> why. >> does the. >> american re