In today's sharply divided political climate, there is one thing Americans appear to agree on: the government is not working. As of December 2013, Congress’ approval rating hit single digits, dropping to a record low of nine percent, while the president's approval rating dipped below 40 percent. Partisan politics gets most of the blame, but some legal scholars on both the left and the right have begun to ask if the root cause lies in the U.S. Constitution.
Jeffrey Toobin discussed his widely-debated New Yorker article, “Our Broken Constitution” with Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen.