Amarica's Constitution

It’s Part 2 of our discussion of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases, with Harvard and the University of North Carolina defending their procedures  We play clips from the oral arguments, with...

30 Nov 20221h 43min

It’s Amarica’s Constitution’s 100th episode, and anniversary celebrations are in the air!  We bring back Professor Steve Calabresi, who returns from the Federalist Society’s Lawyers Convention - which...

23 Nov 20221h 20min

Affirmative action is before the Supreme Court, and two cases - one involving Harvard, and one implicating the University of North Carolina - were recently argued before the Court.  We have pulled out...

16 Nov 20221h 42min

The recent brief in the ISL case, Moore v. Harper, was notable in part because it was co-authored not only by our own Professor Amar and his brother, Dean Vik Amar, both well-known Democrats, but also...

9 Nov 20221h 32min

It’s a week since the amicus curiae brief in the case of Moore v. Harper - the ISL case - was filed by Professor Amar, Dean Vik Amar, and Professor Steven Calabresi, and the reaction has been pouring ...

2 Nov 20221h 29min

Professor Amar and colleagues have weighed in (heavily) on the ISL danger, as they filed a brief with the Supreme Court in the case of Moore v. Harper.  The brief is garnering wide attention with its ...

26 Okt 20221h 35min

Amarica’s Constitution is “On the Road” in Alabama for the dedication of the Hugo Black Memorial and Park.  Akhil is the keynote speaker and we record this live podcast at the Symposium that preceded ...

19 Okt 20221h 30min

Our judicial Zelig, Felix Frankfurter, continues to grab our spotlight as his biographer, Brad Snyder, joins us again - this time, as a sitting Justice.  The many landmark cases that came Frankfurter’...

12 Okt 20221h 34min