Lawyer of the Century
Walter Dellinger and Charles Black are hard acts to follow, but our concluding role model is up to the task. Telford Taylor was legislator, war hero, Nuremberg prosecutor, international law pioneer, ...
16 Maalis 20221h 27min
The Music of the Law
Continuing our exploration of inspirational models in the law that deeply influenced Professor Amar’s career, today we learn of a predecessor of last week’s model - the newly passed Walter Dellinger -...
9 Maalis 20221h 32min
Dellinger Departs, Jackson Arrives
The great Walter Dellinger, one of Professor Amar’s role models in the law and one of the great lawyers of the past century, moves Professor Amar to present and review his role models and why they mat...
2 Maalis 20221h 44min
Your Turn; Our Take
We deliver a long-promised episode, as the audience guides the discussion this week with their penetrating questions. Was Akhil too easy on Mitch McConnell? How about bringing on expert X or Y? Sho...
23 Helmi 20221h 15min
Now Now Now - Guest Jesse Wegman (Part 2)
We continue our discussion of the Equal Rights Amendment. Is it the proposed ERA, the adopted ERA, or the dead ERA? Some say we already have an ERA in the 14th and 19th Amendments; Akhil and Jesse e...
16 Helmi 20221h 22min
A New ERA - Special Guest Jesse Wegman
The Archivist of the United States is in the news, and if that’s happening, you know some esoteric constitutional question is up. Fortunately, “Amarica’s Constitution,” is on the case. We have New Y...
9 Helmi 20221h 17min
Gary and Gorby - Special Guest Gary Hart
We continue our mining of Gary Hart’s wisdom, as the former Senator, and Presidential candidate weighs in on the sort of questions a public and political intellectual confronts over a lifetime. How c...
2 Helmi 20221h 22min
Debate Debate
Amidst a host of state-level voting law initiatives, the Senate considers voting rights bills. Without 60 votes on hand, the Democrats have proposed extending the “nuclear option” to some or all legi...
26 Tammi 20221h 42min
