Topic: Constitutional Defense

In 2014, the Abe administration reinterpreted Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution to allow for "collective self-defense." This move expanded Japan's military commitments to support the United States globally, a policy that remains controversial among the Japanese public due to the nation's long-standing pacifist identity.

Trump's legal team argues that the House failed to do its job by rushing the impeachment and then demanding the Senate call the witnesses they neglected to subpoena. Senator Mazie Hirono criticizes the Republican defense as being in "bad faith." The hosts mock Hirono's dismissal of constitutional legal arguments.