Even apart from the frequent demagoguery from Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), a deeper dive into his repeatedly expressed beliefs should worry everybody who cares about this nation’s constitutional system.

Two particular Vance interviews put flesh on the bones of a plethora of other comments along the same lines but without the depth these interviews showed. In other words, this isn’t taking out of context some random, off-the-cuff misstatements but instead is an accurate portrayal of what Vance says even when he is being careful and, well, what passes for philosophical.