Episodes 282
Avg. Duration 1h 27m
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Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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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S6E282 Bigotry vs Bureaucracy: State Action and Private Freedom

Jun 10, 2026 1h 30m

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.  Unconstitutional?  Therein…

S6E281 Rosen on Liberty; Gorsuch on Gorsuch - with Jeffrey Rosen and Justice Neil Gorsuch

Jun 03, 2026 1h 17m

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 Constitution Center and Professor of…

S6E280 Unrehearsed Answers

May 27, 2026 54m

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 military orders; simultaneous…

S6E279 Scrip for Scripture on the National Mall

May 20, 2026 1h 22m

After weeks of tracing the background history and constitutional principles at work on religious establishment, free exercise, and equality issues, the Administration on cue sponsors, holds, staffs,…

S6E278 JFK's Wall

May 13, 2026 1h 13m

Our journey through the centuries of religious practice, attitudes, and constitutionalism has reached the 20th century, when several presidential elections set mileposts for the American religious…

S6E277 Fourteen Colonies, Ten Commandments

May 06, 2026 1h 35m

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 constitutional tradition when…

S6E276 Remember the Alamo Heights

Apr 29, 2026 1h 40m

We continue to trace the historical origins of the constitution’s approach to religion in American government and American life.  We take you on a tour around Europe at the time of the Reformation…

S6E275 Popes and Presidents

Apr 23, 2026 1h 35m

The President has picked a fight with the Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo X.  Putting aside some of the distasteful elements of language and hubris, we ask where this fits in with notions of church and…

S6E274 Last Branch Stands, The Barbara Court Sits - Special Guest Sarah Isgur

Apr 15, 2026 1h 42m

This week it’s Attorney Cecilia Wang’s turn, as she appears before the Supreme Court to defend birthright citizenship in the Trump v. Barbara case, and we continue to analyze clips of the oral…

S6E273 New World, Same Constitution

Apr 08, 2026 2h 6m

Trump v. Barbara - the birthright citizenship case - reaches the Supreme Court, and we are there.  Akhil and Andy are at the oral argument, and immediately afterwards we stand outside the courthouse…

Crib Sheets for Barbara

Apr 01, 2026 1h 7m

On the eve of the oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, we offer you a listener’s guide to the spectacle.  What is the essence of the argument?  What are the hard questions for Solicitor General Sauer,…

S6E271 Created to Born to Barbara

Mar 25, 2026 58m

Akhil and Andy visit a high school in Garden City, NY, to speak with outstanding high school students about Born Equal.  In the process, we trace one of America’s great credos - “All Men Are Created…

S6E270 A Brief Ecosystem

Mar 18, 2026 1h 15m

We’ve been mentioning the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, and Professor Amar’s amicus brief in the case.  Now we begin to analyze it in depth.  We begin with the structure of the…

S6E269 Substantive Expansion - with Advisory Opinions and Divided Argument

Mar 11, 2026 1h 20m

Amarica’s Constitution has joined with two other great podcasts! We’re still ourselves, but today we bring all three podcasts together to look at a recent case, Mirabelli v. Bonta, which brings…

Attorney Amar's Opening Argument

Mar 04, 2026 28m

In this shorter-than-usual episode, you are now a Supreme Court clerk getting ready for the Trump v. Barbara case.  What do you do?  What do you read? We guide you. And as we think about what will…

S6E267 Tariffs Are A Major Question - Special Guest Vikram Amar

Feb 27, 2026 1h 22m

The Court has ruled Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs unconstitutional.  Vik Amar, who offered important theories that appeared prominently in the opinion, joins us to explain the Major Questions…

S6E266 Pillorying the Post

Feb 18, 2026 1h 21m

Jeff Bezos emasculated the Washington Post; now he has virtually killed it.  Why?  And what does this mean for the nation?  What is the importance of major newspapers to the American constitutional…

S6E265 Converse-1983 Is A Thing

Feb 12, 2026 1h 12m

It’s becoming apparent that the theory that Professor Amar put forth 40 years ago in a now-famous law review article, Of Sovereignty And Federalism, is being taken seriously by more and more…

S6E264 A Virtuous Republic, If You Can Keep It

Feb 04, 2026 1h 9m

In a wide-ranging episode, we finish looking back - and in doing so, we look into the near future as well.  The birthright citizenship case will be heard in oral argument on April 1, and we go back…

S6E263 Five-Oh and Four Questions

Jan 28, 2026 1h 23m

The look back over our five years of drama, humor, reason, and illogic continues, as perhaps the most notorious opinion of the five year period - the Trump immunity case - reappears in a clip, along…

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