Ep. 273 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Captain Kevin Wensing (Ret.) | Sailing Into 250 Years: Honoring America's Navy
Operating 11 carrier strike groups and numerous cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines among other ships and vessels, the United States Navy is the world's most powerful Navy. Composed of roug...
3 Okt 202554min
Ep. 272 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Joel Del Rosario | Are Civil Civic Conversations Still Possible?
Why has it become harder for differing views to have a conversation about those views that does not devolve into name calling, personal attacks and yelling? We have all witnessed it in our circle of f...
25 Sep 20251h
Ep. 271 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Susan McWilliams | What Holds Our Republic Together? A Wrap-Up on Checks & Balances
Today we wrap up our discussion on checks and balances with special guest Dr. Susan McWilliams. In this concluding episode, Dr. McWilliams takes us back to our founding and explains why the founders ...
19 Sep 202556min
Ep. 270 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Thomas Jipping | Landmark Supreme Court Rulings: The Cases That Changed U.S. History
What makes a Supreme Court case a landmark case? That's going to mean something different to each of us. Generally those cases that plow new ground can be viewed as landmark. The Supreme Court rule...
12 Sep 202555min
Ep. 269 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Josh Dunn | Judicial Review: What It Is and Why Marbury v. Madison Matters
Marbury v. Madison is a landmark Supreme Court case that we all learned in U.S. History class established the principle of judicial review. Our guest today, Dr. Josh Dunn, takes a slightly different v...
29 Aug 202555min
Ep. 268 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Mackubin T. Owens | The Founders' Blueprint: Checks, Balances, and Civilian Control of the Military
The United States military, while not the largest by number of enlisted members, is unmatched with its number of ships, planes and tanks. The Founders divided control of the military in quite a geniu...
22 Aug 202556min
Ep. 267 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Gary Porter | What's a Convention of States? (And Can It Really Happen?)
Any amendment to the U.S. Constitution has two paths to be proposed to the states for ratification. One is the well-known path: a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress. Article V of the Constitution als...
15 Aug 202555min
Ep. 266 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Alex E. Hindman | The Veto and the Constitution
Here's an interesting point to ponder: we think of the veto power as a presidential power but the power is found in Article I, Section VII, which we know creates Congress. This means the Founders int...
8 Aug 202554min
