Season 6, Episode 38 (Show 300): Friends Reunited, Citizens Divided – with Justice Stephen Breyer

October 21, 2026

Professor Amar debates the Citizens United v. FEC case with retired Justice Stephen Breyer at the James Otis Lecture.

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At the James Otis Lecture at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Professor Amar sat on a panel with (retired) Justice Stephen Breyer, Sarah Isgur, and the moderator, Chris Duggan.  Remarkably, the Justice and the Professor engaged in a debate on a case Justice Breyer sat on:  the sometimes-notorious Citizens United v. FEC from 2010.  Rarely does one have the opportunity to hear a Justice defend their opinion against arguments after the fact, but there is nothing unethical about it, and now you can enjoy and learn from it.  Surely there is more to say and we hope to do so in the future, but here is a real treat as Amarica’s Constitution turns 300 episodes old (though the celebration will have to wait).

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Season 6, Episode 37 (Show 299): Delivering Justice – with Judge Patrick Schiltz and Michael Stokes Paulsen

October 7, 2026

Listen to an extraordinary interview with a courageous jurist in the midst of attacks by the Trump administration upon him and his judicial colleagues.

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The President has been throwing news organizations out of various places: the White House in general, including the Press Room, and Air Force One.  Can he do that?  Does it matter why he is doing it?  Has this come up before?  Is it a  constitutional matter?  We welcome a leading First Amendment expert, Professor Eugene Volokh, to the podcast to discuss.  Meanwhile, the Eight Circuit wasn’t quite ready to fade into the night, so they emerged one more time with the attempted congressional election districting map.  The Supreme Court spoke quickly, clearly, and in one voice, and Professor Vik Amar is back as a guest to explain the significance – and the vehemence – of the Court’s words.  Never a dull moment as the supposed off-season comes to a close and September ends.

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Season 6, Episode 36 (Show 298): Get Off My Plane – Guests Eugene Volokh and Vikram Amar

September 30, 2026

Press organizations thrown out of the White House, and the Eight Circuit back at the Supreme Court again.  We have two experts for you on these two matters this week.

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The President has been throwing news organizations out of various places: the White House in general, including the Press Room, and Air Force One.  Can he do that?  Does it matter why he is doing it?  Has this come up before?  Is it a  constitutional matter?  We welcome a leading First Amendment expert, Professor Eugene Volokh, to the podcast to discuss.  Meanwhile, the Eight Circuit wasn’t quite ready to fade into the night, so they emerged one more time with the attempted congressional election districting map.  The Supreme Court spoke quickly, clearly, and in one voice, and Professor Vik Amar is back as a guest to explain the significance – and the vehemence – of the Court’s words.  Never a dull moment as the supposed off-season comes to a close and September ends.

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Season 6, Episode 35 (Show 297): Circuit Breaker

September 24, 2026

Missouri’s map is manipulated by the maddening eighth circuit.  What is to be done?

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The Eighth Circuit is at it again, believe it or not.  Despite what appeared to be a clear directive from the Supreme Court to use the 2022 map in the upcoming federal election in Missouri, a panel of three judges from the circuit went in the other direction.  Akhil has had about enough of this, and while he expects the Supreme Court to once again shoot down the eighth circuit, perhaps with feeling, we wonder what the mechanisms are to prevent this sort of rogue behavior.  Akhil then employs one of them.  Is that all there is?

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Season 6, Episode 34 (Show 296): The Constitution Goes to Princeton

September 18, 2026

On Constitution Day we meet with Americans that form the future’s hope; the next generation.  We hear their engagement and answer their concerns and questions.

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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 Princeton undergraduates to come and talk about the Constitution with us; to voice their questions, and to help us honor the mission of the day by engaging with American citizens on that thing that we all share and that hopefully embodies some set of shared values, history, and tradition.  Akhil fielded, Cosell-style, the barrage of questions, and we came away reassured about the next generation and the likelihood of the document enduring.  And Happy Constitution Day to all of you!

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Season 6, Episode 33 (Show 295): More Statesmanship, and State Constitutions – Special Guests Steven B. Smith and Vikram D. Amar

September 9, 2026

The Missouri legislature is taking on its state constitution’s referendum position, and Vik Amar, the expert, joins us on that.  Steven Smith is back for more of On Statesmanship.

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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 would advantage Republicans to the tune of all but one of the state’s seats in the US House.  The Supreme Court is asked to intervene, and Justice Kavanaugh – after we taped – declined to do so.  This may not be end of the story, but our guest Vik Amar is on top of it together with Akhil.  Listen to get the details, and check out Scotusblog.com to stay updated – Akhil and Vik have a new column there.  Meanwhile, our interview with Professor Steven Smith discussing his new book, On Statesmanship, precedes this discussion this week – don’t miss that, either!

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