Torture, Time Travel, and Transformation
This week we take your questions; our listeners are engaged and clever, so Professor Amar is challenged again and again. How far do his 4th and 5th amendment views extend - do they reach torture? A ...
1 Mar 20231h 16min
Secrets, Boards, and Moots - Oh My!
People love to talk about the Constitution - that’s why we have a podcast. Sometimes, however, the conventional wisdom is quite unwise, leading to deeply unfortunate national narratives. Today we add...
22 Feb 20231h 34min
Treason, Reason, History, and OurStory - Special Guest Kermit Roosevelt III
We continue our discussion with Professor Roosevelt of his new book, The Nation That Never Was. We revisit our debate on the Declaration of Independence and specifically, the meaning of “all men are c...
15 Feb 20231h 50min
Trillion Dollar Tricks - Special Guest Jack Balkin
***CLE Available*** The newly Republican House is threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling, raising the spectre of a US default. Given the 14th amendment, section 4’s prohibition on “questioni...
8 Feb 20231h 26min
Declaration, or Gettysburg? - Special Guest Kermit Roosevelt III
A new book, The Nation That Never Was, by Professor Kermit Roosevelt III of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, engages in extensive historical, legal, political, and philosophical analysis of ...
1 Feb 20231h 18min
Wait - Don’t Tell Me!
The aftermath of murders in Idaho saw another terrible crime in Massachusetts, and all these matters raise questions of criminal procedure and the constitution. We continue our 4th amendment reflecti...
25 Jan 20231h 33min
The Idaho Murder Case in Constitutional Perspective
A tragedy in Idaho riveted the nation, as a dragnet, a manhunt, a search of garbage, a DNA test, a bail hearing, an extradition, and much more surrounded the eventual arrest and the onset of legal pro...
18 Jan 20231h 24min
Speaker-ish
We’re back early this week, as promised in our last episode, to help you take in the spectacle underway on the floor of the House of Representatives. We give you the historical background, the consti...
6 Jan 20231h 26min
