Trump Takes the Fifth
The Trump investigations are everywhere. This week we move from Mar-A-Lago to New York, where the Attorney General had some questions for the ex-president. He took the Fifth, repeatedly if unsurpris...
31 Aug 20221h 35min
Afraid to Ask: Hamilton and a Wealth Tax
Following Akhil’s MSNBC appearance on “Velshi,” we elaborate on how a Republic is a Democracy. Does it matter - oh yes, and we explain why. Then we go back to the future - to the biggest Supreme Cour...
24 Aug 20221h 35min
Search-A-Lago
***CLE available*** Ex-President Trump’s residence - or is it his club? - at Mar-A-Lago was searched, and US government papers seized, pursuant to a search warrant which has since been made public. W...
17 Aug 20221h 51min
Originalism on Trial
The recent Supreme Court term gave rise to a virtual anointment of originalism, as the Court in case after case declared originalism the approach and method that determined the result. Professor Amar...
10 Aug 20221h 45min
Time is Now
Events continue to unfold, causing us to look back, forward, inward, and outward. A new bill is introduced which takes us back 20 years and ahead 18 years. Professor Amar conducts an unprecedented i...
3 Aug 20221h 19min
Tackling Kennedy
Our tour through the late-term Supreme Court cases now runs through the football field where Coach Kennedy sits praying on the 50 yard line. Professor Amar calls the play - a run through the string o...
27 Jul 20221h 7min
Separate or Equal
***CLE Available*** Our review of the major cases decided at or near the end of the recent Supreme Court term continues with Carson v. Makin, The case immediately brings to mind the often-invoked met...
20 Jul 20221h 51min
The Long and The Short of Bruen
We continue our look at the big cases that rocked the end of the Supreme Court term. Turning to the Bruen gun case, we see a long opinion and two short concurrences. An ambitious, contentious opinio...
13 Jul 20221h 2min
