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Back to SearchEp. 261 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Adam Carrington | The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution’s Checks & Balances
Season 1 Episode 261
The Founders knew what they did not want our new government to be. Thomas Jefferson so eloquently made the argument to break away from one form while laying the groundwork for our next form of gover…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 260 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Samuel Postell | Balancing Act: The Founders’ Big Idea
Season 1 Episode 260
Why do we consider the founding of this country to be such a momentous event that changed the trajectory of world history? Think about this: governments had risen and fallen from power for millennia…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 259 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Matthew Green | The Checks and Balances of Congress
Season 1 Episode 259
We know checks and balances between the branches of federal government is a hallmark of our republic. But have you considered the checks and balances the Founders crafted into the design of Congress…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 258 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Col. Bryan Gibby | 250th Birthday of the U.S. Army
Season 1 Episode 258
Did you know the United States Army is older than the United States? The Army has its origins in 1775 at a time when the colonists had a distrust of a standing permanent army like the British employ…
Published on 3 months ago
Ep. 257 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Tony Williams | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - What Does It Really Mean?
Season 1 Episode 257
Thomas Jefferson cemented his legacy as an incredible orator and writer when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, almost 250 years ago. His soaring rhetoric drew inspiration from multiple govern…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 256 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Vincent Phillip Muñoz | What Does "The Separation of Church and State" Really Mean?
Season 1 Episode 256
Did you know the phrase “separation of church and state” does not appear in our Constitution? The phrase was used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. The Fir…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 256 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Vincent Phillip Muñoz | What Does "The Separation of Church and State" Really Mean?
Season 1 Episode 256
Did you know the phrase “separation of church and state” does not appear in our Constitution? The phrase was used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. The Fir…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 255 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | The Presidency and Foreign Policy
Season 1 Episode 255
Our Constitution does not spend a lot of time detailing foreign policy powers. We know the president can appoint ambassadors, negotiate treaties and use executive agreements in our relations with ot…
Published on 4 months ago
Ep. 254 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | We the Government vs We the People: How Government Regulations Stifle Liberty
Season 1 Episode 254
We have laws in our country passed by Congress. Then we have regulations that come out of the bureaucracy. Our guest today argues that when government grows, individual liberty shrinks. Our guest,…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 253 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Why Close the Department of Education?
Season 1 Episode 253
There’s been a lot of discussions in the current administration to streamline government. Part of that includes shuttering departments, including the Department of Education. Did you know for the v…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago