Venezuelan Frisbie
The military capture of the Venezuelan leader, Maduro, is an event with giant international strategic, moral, economic, political, and other considerations. It also raises fascinating constitutional ...
7 Jan 1h 21min
Your Questions, Easy and Hard
Our listeners have a talent for inquiry; they follow Professor Amar’s arguments every week, and come up with their own. This week, we end the year by fielding a wide range of questions, including som...
31 Dec 20251h 43min
No Army At All
Presidential power is abridged, for a change, by the Supreme Court in its shadow docket ruling in Trump v. Illinois. Rather than ruling in silence, however, this time the Court gives us 25 pages and ...
25 Dec 20251h 13min
Courage is Contagious - Special Guest Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander
One of the most promising new faces in the US Congress, Representative Maggie Goodlander, joins us for a wide-ranging discussion, including the recent video assuring our troops that they may not obey ...
19 Dec 20251h 1min
Humphrey's Execution
Oral arguments took place in the highly-anticipated unitary executive case, Trump v. Slaughter. The overruling of the case that seems to govern, Humphrey’s Executor, has been long expected, and indeed...
10 Dec 20251h 22min
Balance and Check-Mate - Special Guest John Fabian Witt
Secretary of Defense Hegseth is making use of his sights. He is focusing at times on Senator Mark Kelly, seeking to wreak havoc upon him for his utterances which have angered Hegseth’s master. Meanw...
3 Dec 20251h 36min
The Only Only
Events in the news once again intersect with Professor Amar’s past work, as a little-known aspect of a clause in the Constitution has surprising relevance to the President’s fire-breathing response to...
26 Nov 20251h
The Undigested Matzo Ball
We return to the tariff case and continue to hear from the justices and the advocates in their own voices from the oral argument. This time, a 20 year old argument from Vik Amar takes center stage wi...
19 Nov 20251h 10min
