Amarica's Constitution

The Supreme Court’s 2020-21 term is closing, and we are opening a window into the Court.  We begin this multiple-episode series by looking closely at each Justice - specifically, their backgrounds and...

30 Jun 20211h 50min

In this “additional” episode, Andy and Akhil switch roles and put the US Constitution aside for an hour, as they take a deep dive into the governance and politics of their beloved alma mater.  Yale re...

28 Jun 20211h 24min

Akhil and Andy continue their tour of the 9 established colleges at the Founding, 7 were in the Ivy League, so the Ancient Eight will inevitably stand out in our survey - but they are not alone, as we...

23 Jun 20211h 12min

Akhil and Andy move from The College of New Jersey - Princeton in the period of America’s Founding - to the Princeton University of today, and discuss matters of agreement and disagreement between Akh...

16 Jun 20212h 6min

Akhil and Andy continue their look around the Ivy League.  Having dispensed with Harvard, Princeton enters their sights, particularly their great early product, James Madison.  Was he truly “the fathe...

9 Jun 20211h 27min

That little-known school in Cambridge, Massachusetts keeps popping up.  Akhil and Andy, objective Yale men as always, look at how Harvard was in the room at the American Revolution’s first stirrings, ...

2 Jun 20211h 25min

For more than 50 years, any discussion of criminal defense attorneys, legal academics, and civil libertarians - as well as staunch advocates for Israel -  included Professor Alan Dershowitz.  Today he...

26 Mai 20211h 11min

Our series on civil liberties, including especially the First Amendment and free speech, continues with perhaps its greatest advocate before the Supreme Court, Floyd Abrams.  It’s natural to assume th...

19 Mai 202159min