Amarica's Constitution

For more than 50 years, any discussion of criminal defense attorneys, legal academics, and civil libertarians - as well as staunch advocates for Israel -  included Professor Alan Dershowitz.  Today he...

26 Maj 20211h 11min

Our series on civil liberties, including especially the First Amendment and free speech, continues with perhaps its greatest advocate before the Supreme Court, Floyd Abrams.  It’s natural to assume th...

19 Maj 202159min

In the wake of the publication of The Words That Made Us, Akhil comes full circle, as his first book was The Bill of Rights.  To complete that circle, Professor Nadine Strossen, the youngest person an...

12 Maj 20211h 43min

As Akhil and Andy celebrate the publication this week of The Words That Made Us, Akhil tells a story from the book - the crazy election of 1800 and its just-barely-peaceful transfer of power.  And wha...

6 Maj 20211h 6min

The Biden Commission is in the news, with a mandate to produce ideas on judicial reform, especially at the Supreme Court level.  It just so happens that Akhil has been writing about this for almost 20...

28 Apr 20211h 28min

In the wake of the imminent release of The Words That Made Us, Akhil takes us to the end of the story - or was it?  The deaths of America’s founders were all memorable in ways that reflected the chara...

21 Apr 20211h 18min

10 years after Professor Amar wrote, with Gary Hart, on how the Senate can put an end to the filibuster, it remains (mostly) in place.  Akhil and Andy take you through the long history of this notorio...

14 Apr 20211h 18min

Akhil and Andy welcome “the greatest reporter of all time” - Bob Woodward - to Amarica’s Constitution.  Fresh off his 19th book and 14th number one best-seller, “Rage” - having reported on nine presid...

7 Apr 20211h 19min