Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the nation's leading authorities on the Constitution, offers weekly in-depth discussions on the most urgent and fascinating constitutional issues of our day. He is joined by co-host Andy Lipka and guests drawn from other top experts including Bob Woodward, Nina Totenberg, Neal Katyal, Lawrence Lessig, Michael Gerhardt, and many more.
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The Constitution Goes to Princeton
It’s Constitution Day, or rather Constitution Eve as we record. Akhil is the invited speaker at Princeton University’s gala event, and ahead of the speech, we invited Pr
Sep 18 1 h 23 min
More Statesmanship, and State Constitutions - Special Guests Steven B. Smith and Vikram D. Amar
The big issue in the news today is the Missouri legislature’s attempt to avoid the state constitution’s referendum provisions in order to impose a legislative map that wo
Sep 9 1 h 44 min
The Statesman's Constitution - Special Guest Steven B. Smith
Originalists venerate the Founders, who were by most reckonings a group of remarkable statesmen. Today, many Americans look seemingly in vain for a statesman worthy of t
Sep 2 1 h 34 min
An Amendment Like Some Others - Special Guest Vikram D. Amar
Voting rights are in the news. The state and federal governments have sought to weigh in and intervene on election laws, as we have seen in previous cycles. This time,
Aug 26 1 h 21 min
Preclearing the President
What happens when the president loses in court, even at the Supreme Court, but repeatedly attempts to fight the battle again? New tariffs are offered after the old ones
Aug 19 1 h 14 min
There You Go Again
The President did not file for reconsideration of the Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara, but the President nevertheless doesn’t let the Constitution rest, issuing two
Aug 12 1 h 08 min
Dobbs and Bruen Plus Time
As we make our way through the 20 most constitutionally significant cases of the Roberts court, this episode takes us through two cases that have continued to have resona
Aug 5 1 h 19 min
Faces of Intratextualism
We continue our survey of the Roberts Court’s oeuvre of constitutional cases, with particular emphasis on the series of cases that concerned making rules for voting and f
Jul 29 1 h 23 min
The Surprising Score
The SCOTUS term is behind us, and we take a look back - not just at this term, but at the entirety of the Roberts Court. What are the most important constitutional cases
Jul 23 1 h 22 min
Dissenting from the Dissents
How could the vote in Trump v. Barbara have been as close as it was? Many have been bewildered by the vote in this case, given the strength of the arguments in Chief Jus
Jul 16 1 h 26 min
Unitary Duality - Guests Steven Calabresi and Vikram Amar
he Supreme Court ruled in two cases framing Unitary Executive theory. So it’s entirely appropriate that we have two great experts on the topic joining us. Steve Calabre
Jul 8 1 h 30 min
Lincoln's Promise Kept
America gets a 250th birthday present from the Supreme Court as Chief Justice John Roberts authors an opinion for the ages in Trump v. Barbara. The Court went big and de
Jul 2 1 h 18 min
No Coffee for You
In the wake of our recent discussion on private vs state action, a recent incident in New York regarding US Representative Dan Goldman’s banishment from a coffee shop bec
Jun 26 1 h 29 min
Reverence and Radicalism: Remembering Gordon Wood
The tributes to Gordon Wood have been pouring in, and as promised, we spend this episode with him and his peerless body of work. Professor Steven Calabresi, Gordon’s nei
Jun 19 1 h 22 min
Bigotry vs Bureaucracy: State Action and Private Freedom
There’s some highly questionable behavior going on in an area of Missouri, where a fringe group seeks to establish a whites-only enclave. Objectionable? We think so. U
Jun 10 1 h 30 min
Rosen on Liberty; Gorsuch on Gorsuch - with Jeffrey Rosen and Justice Neil Gorsuch
It is an honor to introduce the initial episode of our new sister podcast: The Blessings of Liberty, hosted by Jeffrey Rosen, president emeritus of the National Constitut
Jun 3 1 h 17 min
Unrehearsed Answers
It’s time for listener questions, and no surprise that current events are on everyone’s mind. We range from the supposed weaponization slush fund, to pardons; illegal m
May 27 54 min
Scrip for Scripture on the National Mall
After weeks of tracing the background history and constitutional principles at work on religious establishment, free exercise, and equality issues, the Administration on
May 20 1 h 22 min
JFK's Wall
Our journey through the centuries of religious practice, attitudes, and constitutionalism has reached the 20th century, when several presidential elections set mileposts
May 13 1 h 13 min
Fourteen Colonies, Ten Commandments
As the 10 commandments case makes its way towards the Supreme Court, we add another chapter to our study of the historical events and factors that went into the American
May 6 1 h 35 min
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Professor Amar is very skilled in speaking about nuanced constitutional questions in clear and comprehensible language. And his knowledge of America’s legal history is astonishing. My one quibble is that he gets a little carried away with name-dropping and making sure we all know which of the luminaries cited on the show went to Yale. Sometimes, he lays out a person’s Ivy League credentials as (at least implicitly) a basis on which we should consider their views credible. It kind of rubs me the wrong way when he goes too far.
Spiral1972 · Dec 2024
This is truly an exceptional podcast, which brings together every week the encyclopedic knowledge and uniquely wonderful character of Akhil Amar and the charm and intellectual grace of Andy Lipka. They explore the current constitutional landscape and the fascinating history of our constitution and the country we have become.
John H Lawrence · Sep 2024
If you want to understand our Constitution than this podcast is exactly what you should listen to. It’s not just for lawyers, but if you are a lawyer, you receive continuing education credits by listening.
Amat’s Army · May 2024
I’m not a lawyer or scholar. I listen because I care about this country and want to understand the issues SCOTUS is deciding. I appreciate the deep constitutional knowledge, the reasoned analysis and the civility these conversations offer. This podcast should be required in classes around the country - and at SCOTUS. Thank you for making them.
MichelleInSanRafael · Apr 2024
It’s with heaviest of heart I finally had to delete this podcast from my line-up. Trump just lives rent free in both these guy’s heads and it’s just not enjoyable. Amar has lost his way but I mainly blame his co-host for it. This guy is a liberal whack job to the extreme. When Amar first started his podcast, it was SO GOOD. It was like an extension of his books. Great legal history with the political scene as a backdrop to why the Constitution was what is became. Then solely, his co-host (who seriously suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome) pulled Amar from talking about what he knows best, to talking and talking and talking and talking about Trump. If/When Amar gets a new co-host, do I believe the podcast can return to normalcy. Amar needs to find someone who can keep him on track, to talk about what is original listeners came for: legal history, Original Constitutional interpretation, and allowing Amar to be Amar.
Tonysnyder1977 · Apr 2024
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