Aisles, not Walls
The follies in the House have ended, for now. Many Americans looked upon the travesty with despair, wondering if our government might yet be up to the task of leading and reaching beyond party to fin...
1 Nov 20231h 28min
Speakerless
Still no speaker. Is it really the case that the House can’t do anything? How might it work? What about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment - does it play any role in the Speaker selection process? Me...
25 Okt 20231h 19min
A Tale of Two Jordans
The House is at it again, and there is no Speaker in the chair as of this recording. So many implications - for Presidential succession, for democratic governance, for legislative stalemate. Meanwhi...
18 Okt 20231h 34min
Allen and Affirmative Action, Again
After the Court decided important voting rights and affirmative action cases last term, these issues are back either before the Court or apparently headed for it. Why? We look at Allen v. Milligan, an...
11 Okt 20231h 23min
Eleven Presidents - Special Guest Bob Woodward
The career of America’s greatest investigative reporter has spanned more than 50 years, and Bob Woodward has told the stories of eleven presidents, the Supreme Court, the Intelligence Community, and i...
4 Okt 20231h 31min
Have Kavanaugh, Will Travel
It’s almost October, and the Supreme Court readies to hear a new set of cases. The Roberts Court seems defined above all by the Dobbs decision at this point. The opinion, authored by Justice Alito, ...
27 Sep 20231h 25min
Justice Jackson’s Santa Clause
It’s an assortment of topics as listeners response to some recent developments and nagging questions. We revisit the 303 case, specifically the dissent, as Justice Jackson lays out an interesting hyp...
20 Sep 20231h 47min
An Officer and a President
Two recent major podcast themes - section 3 of the fourteenth amendment, and judicial ethics - echoed through the news this past week. Wisconsin legislators seek to impeach a new state Supreme Court ...
13 Sep 20231h 28min
