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Law Talk: Does AI Dream of Constitutional Rights?

Welcome to Law Talk with Richard Epstein and John Yoo. Our show is hosted by Charles C. W. Cooke.

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May 5, 2025

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Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means

A conversation among three religious liberty scholars on the Free Exercise Clause’s original meaning.

Andrew Koppelman, Michael McConnell, Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Apr 28, 2025
Rational Nondelegation

The nondelegation doctrine, which forbids Congress from transferring excessive power to the executive branch, has risen from the dead.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025
What is an Establishment of Religion? And What Does Disestablishment Require?

Vincent Phillip Muñoz reviews a new book about the Establishment Clause.

Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
The American Revolutions of 1776

America's founding was animated by both the spirit of liberty and the spirit of religion — a philosophical and practical achievement worth understanding and attempting to recover today.

Vincent Philip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Jun 23, 2025
The Progressive Presidency Envelops American Politics

One does not need to revisit the drastic consequences that ensued from COVID-19 policies to be reminded of the failures and mistakes of the progressive constitutional framework that issued them.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Constitutionalism
May 27, 2025
Trump, Lincoln and a ‘Habeas Corpus Threat’

Prof. John Yoo replies to William Galston.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
May 18, 2025
The Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship

A Supreme Court guided by originalist principles should affirm the constitutionality of birthright citizenship.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
May 9, 2025
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Yuval Levin on How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

Constitutionalism
Mar 27, 2025
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WSJ: The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Plan to Consolidate Power

Constitutionalism
Mar 11, 2025
1:05

Litigation Update: Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Constitutionalism
Mar 7, 2025
1:05

John Yoo: Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump’s Freeze on USAID Payments

Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025
1:05

John Yoo: President Trump Is Trying to Restore Energy to the Executive

Constitutionalism
Feb 19, 2025
1:05
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What Skrmetti Should Have Said

The right of the people to govern themselves based on morality can be restored.

Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Jun 23, 2025
Putting the Judicial Branch in Its Place

Why we should stop the judicial usurpation of power.

Linda Denno
Constitutionalism
Jun 19, 2025
The Real Constitutional Issue with President Trump's Tariff Orders

Is the IEEPA Unconstitutional?

Robert G. Natelson
Constitutionalism
Jun 13, 2025
The "Omnicause" Shall Not Prevail Over the Constitution

The Administration has made it clear that it will not permit a replay of the George Floyd riots of 2020.

Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Jun 12, 2025
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