Scrip for Scripture on the National Mall
After weeks of tracing the background history and constitutional principles at work on religious establishment, free exercise, and equality issues, the Administration on cue sponsors, holds, staffs, a...
20 Touko 1h 22min
JFK's Wall
Our journey through the centuries of religious practice, attitudes, and constitutionalism has reached the 20th century, when several presidential elections set mileposts for the American religious deb...
13 Touko 1h 13min
Fourteen Colonies, Ten Commandments
As the 10 commandments case makes its way towards the Supreme Court, we add another chapter to our study of the historical events and factors that went into the American constitutional tradition when ...
6 Touko 1h 35min
Remember the Alamo Heights
We continue to trace the historical origins of the constitution’s approach to religion in American government and American life. We take you on a tour around Europe at the time of the Reformation and...
29 Huhti 1h 40min
Popes and Presidents
The President has picked a fight with the Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo X. Putting aside some of the distasteful elements of language and hubris, we ask where this fits in with notions of church and state...
23 Huhti 1h 35min
Last Branch Stands, The Barbara Court Sits - Special Guest Sarah Isgur
This week it’s Attorney Cecilia Wang’s turn, as she appears before the Supreme Court to defend birthright citizenship in the Trump v. Barbara case, and we continue to analyze clips of the oral argumen...
15 Huhti 1h 42min
New World, Same Constitution
Trump v. Barbara - the birthright citizenship case - reaches the Supreme Court, and we are there. Akhil and Andy are at the oral argument, and immediately afterwards we stand outside the courthouse a...
8 Huhti 2h 6min
Crib Sheets for Barbara
On the eve of the oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, we offer you a listener’s guide to the spectacle. What is the essence of the argument? What are the hard questions for Solicitor General Sauer, r...
1 Huhti 1h 7min
