What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

Roman Mars
アメリカ合衆国
ジャンル 政府
言語 EN
エピソード数 94
最新 09.09.2026

Professor Elizabeth Joh teaches Intro to Constitutional Law, but the Trump presidency turned her straightforward job upside down. She would check Twitter five minutes before each class to see what the 45th President had said and how it aligns with 200 years of judicial interpretation. Acclaimed podcaster Roman Mars (99% Invisible) asked his neighbor Elizabeth to explain the constitutional law implications of the norms and laws being tested. Even after Trump left office, there is still much to learn. This weekly, fun, casual Con Law 101 class uses the tumultuous activities of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to teach about the US Constitution.

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  • Who Gets To Sue 09.09.2026 44分
    How many of you have been personally victimized by President Trump’s tacky ballroom?
  • Do You Know How Your Phone Works? 27.08.2026 55分
    A massive victory for privacy advocates in the Supreme Court hinged on what the justices say a user “reasonably expects” to be their own, personal data.
  • Constitutional Explosive Diarrhea 10.08.2026 52分
    A Supreme Court decision about the administrative state went under the radar, but its implications have the potential to touch almost every aspect of modern life.
  • Shop Class and Sports Teams 27.07.2026 46分
    In a decision filled with hypotheticals, the Supreme Court has ruled it is constitutional to bar transgender girls and women from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity.
  • Who Gets To Be a Citizen? 13.07.2026 48分
    The Supreme Court narrowly upheld birthright citizenship in the 5-4 decision of Trump v. Barbara. But the debate over who is granted citizenship — and who can be stripped of it — is far from over.
  • Cracking and Packing 11.06.2026 52分
    Gerrymandering has long been part of American politics. But as the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act, states are getting more extreme with their redistricting.
  • What Is a War? 28.11.2025 36分
    The Trump administration’s attacks on Venezuelan boats defy even the broadest interpretation of the president's war powers.
  • Smoot, Hawley, and Trump 27.09.2025 32分
    A Senate fight over Lady Chatterley’s Lover paved the way for Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Now the Supreme Court will decide if presidents can use emergency powers to sidestep Congress on trade.
  • Bad Faith President 25.07.2025 33分
    The United States generally does not allow a standing army to be used against civilians. But Trump has been exploiting an exception to keep troops in Los Angeles to protect ICE agents, with terrifying implications.
  • The Return of Con Law 10.06.2025 57分
    Announcing The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Constitution and the return of What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law.
  • Election Lawsuits 04.11.2024 34分
    No matter what happens on Election Day, Trump and his allies have already put legal challenges in motion. Here’s what a nerdy agency, hanging chads, and zombie lawsuits can tell us about how all this could play out.
  • Enemy Aliens 29.10.2024 32分
    Falsely claiming there is a wave of violence perpetrated by migrants, Trump has threatened mass deportations under the broad and terrifying powers of the Alien Enemies Act.
  • Faithless Electors and Wrong Winners 08.10.2024 32分
    The United States has a strange way of electing presidents.
  • Deepfakes and Lying Liars 24.09.2024 31分
    Election deepfakes have the potential to change people's opinions about a presidential election in ways that can be harmful to democracy and the truth itself. But what does the Constitution say about regulating these manipulated images? One place to look: Hustler Magazine.
  • Whose Speech, Whose Campus 10.09.2024 31分
    As students go back to school, colleges and universities across the country are preparing for the continuation of protests against the Israel-Hamas war—and claims by other students that the protests are violating their own civil rights. Institutions and courts are now weighing the question: whose free speech matters more?
  • Fishy Deep State 27.08.2024 32分
    What’s the connection between former President Donald Trump's attacks on the so-called “Deep State" and a tiny silvery fish? The Supreme Court, of course.
  • Cruel and Unusual 14.08.2024 34分
    What does it mean for punishment to be cruel and unusual?
  • Farfetched Arguments 30.07.2024 26分
    After an unprecedented several weeks in politics, some on the right are advancing far-fetched arguments to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and a federal judge in Florida threw out the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Neither of these are based on established constitutional precedent.
  • Law-Free Zone 16.07.2024 37分
    The concept of presidential immunity is not explicitly stated anywhere in the Constitution. That hasn’t stopped the Supreme Court from essentially creating a law-free zone around the President.
  • The Disqualification Clause 18.12.2023 33分
    Does the 14th Amendment's Disqualification Clause apply to Trump?

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