Amarica's Constitution

Rumors swirl around the possibility of an indictment of former President Trump, from several sources - New York, Georgia, Washington.  We wait with you, and rather than speculate, we will pounce when ...

22 Mar 202356min

The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, delivered a controversial speech at an interfaith breakfast, raising issues of church/state separation, gun control, and the role of religion in governance.  Ak...

15 Mar 20231h 31min

Former Vice President Mike Pence has received subpoenas from Special Counsel Jack Smith.  Pence claims that he has grounds to challenge this subpoena; he locates this in the so-called “speech and deba...

8 Mar 20231h 46min

This week we take your questions; our listeners are engaged and clever, so Professor Amar is challenged again and again.  How far do his 4th and 5th amendment views extend - do they reach torture?  A ...

1 Mar 20231h 16min

People love to talk about the Constitution - that’s why we have a podcast. Sometimes, however, the conventional wisdom is quite unwise, leading to deeply unfortunate national narratives.  Today we add...

22 Feb 20231h 34min

We continue our discussion with Professor Roosevelt of his new book, The Nation That Never Was. We revisit our debate on the Declaration of Independence and specifically, the meaning of “all men are c...

15 Feb 20231h 50min

***CLE Available*** The newly Republican House is threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling, raising the spectre of a US default.  Given the 14th amendment, section 4’s prohibition on “questioni...

8 Feb 20231h 26min

A new book, The Nation That Never Was, by Professor Kermit Roosevelt III of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, engages in extensive historical, legal, political, and philosophical analysis of ...

1 Feb 20231h 18min