Ep. 145 - The Ninth Amendment - Rights of People
The Ninth Amendment is not an amendment you hear discussed too often nor is there significant caselaw regarding it. However, that in no way diminishes the importance of it. To put simply, the Ninth ...
9 Dec 202256min
Ep. 144 - The Eighth Amendment: Limits on Fines & Punishment
We've spoken before of the Founders' penchant for brevity. The Eighth Amendment takes that habit to a new level. Just 16 words long, it still manages to codify three separate clauses related to limi...
1 Dec 202251min
Ep. 143 - The Seventh Amendment: Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
The Founding Fathers were fond of brevity in creating our constitution. While few in words and somewhat overlooked compared to some of the other amendments, the 7th Amendment is long in impact. To b...
18 Nov 202253min
Ep. 142 - The Sixth Amendment: Right To A Speedy, Public Trial - And More!
If someone is arrested in the United States, they will soon get their day in court to determine guilt or innocence, right? Imagine if that wasn't always the case. Imagine you are arrested and the st...
10 Nov 202253min
Ep. 141 - Countdown to Bill of Rights Day–Amendment IV
Regular viewers of our podcast certainly understand the role of the Bill of Rights was not so much to grant rights to citizens but to limit the actions of the federal government in curtailing an indiv...
7 Nov 202257min
Ep. 140 - Countdown to Bill of Rights Day–Amendment V
"I plead the 5th!" We have all heard that line before whether it was on the evening news or a legal drama TV show. It's a legal protection pulled directly from the 5th Amendment which outlines crim...
27 Okt 202255min
Ep. 139 - Countdown to Bill of Rights Day--Amendment III
One might question why the 3rd Amendment was given such a lofty position behind 1st amendment protections and the right to keep and bear arms. It's not often talked about and doesn't drive the news cy...
20 Okt 202253min
Ep. 138 - Countdown to Bill of Rights Day--Amendment II
The Bill of Rights are quite the exercise in brevity. Perhaps that is no more apparent than in the second amendment. 27 words is all it has. Yet those 27 words have a set off countless newspaper arti...
13 Okt 202256min
