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The Interbellum Constitution
In this episode, political theorist William B. Allen, editor and translator of a new edition of Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws, and Alison LaCr…
2 years ago
Can the Constitution Serve as a Document of National Unity?
In this episode, AEI’s Yuval Levin, author of American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again, and Aziz Rana, professor at…
2 years ago
The Trump Verdict and the Rule of Law
On May 30, former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments made during …
2 years ago
The Supreme Court Upholds South Carolina’s Voting Map
On May 23, the Supreme Court issued its opinion upholding a South Carolina congressional map against a challenge from the NAACP. In Alexander v South…
2 years, 1 month ago
Lincoln’s Lessons: Then and Now
In this episode, two acclaimed Lincoln historians—Sidney Blumenthal, author of the three-volume The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, and Harold Hol…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Battle Over Free Speech on Campus
Over the past few weeks, protests on college campuses over the war in Gaza have sparked debate about the extent and limits of student and faculty fre…
2 years, 1 month ago
Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election
Richard Hasen, author of A Real Right to Vote, Sarah Isgur, senior editor of The Dispatch, and Lawrence Lessig, author of How to Steal a Presidential…
2 years, 1 month ago
Meet the Facebook Supreme Court
As Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—surpassed 2 billion users in 2019, the company created an independent oversight board to review …
2 years, 2 months ago
Is President Trump Immune From Prosecution?
This week the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Trump v. United States, a case that asks whether the former president is immune from criminal pro…
2 years, 2 months ago
America’s Most Consequential Elections: From FDR to Reagan
Michael Gerhardt, author of the new book FDR’s Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness, and Andrew Busch, author of Reagan's Victory: The President…
2 years, 2 months ago