What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law

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Professor Elizabeth Joh teaches Intro to Constitutional Law and most of the time this is a pretty straight forward job. But when Trump came into office, everything changed. During the four years of the Trump presidency, Professor Joh would check Twitter five minutes before each class to find out what the 45th President had said and how it jibes with 200 years of the judicial branch interpreting and ruling on the Constitution. Acclaimed podcaster Roman Mars (99% Invisible) was so anxious about all the norms and laws being tested in the Trump era that he asked his neighbor, Elizabeth, to explain what was going on in the world from a Constitutional law perspective. Even after Trump left office, there is still so much for Roman to learn. What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law is a weekly, fun, casual Con Law 101 class that uses the tumultuous activities of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to teach us all about the US Constitution. All music for the show comes from Doomtree, an independent hip-hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Elizabeth Joh

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Can we talk about the IX amendment?

Oct 18

TheLocust1313

Can we talk about the IX amendment? We have thoughts.
Deep Fake

Oct 3

Patti R.

I believe the bipartisan border bill was during Biden’s Presidency. That’s why Trump didn’t want it passed.
One of my favorites

Oct 2

CLS8201

I love this approach to making constitutional law approachable to folks who are not lawyers. I love showing the historical approach and the precedents that exist prior to certain issues really allows me to understand the context of where we are at now. Literally one of my favorite shows. I always look forward to an episode release.
Great

Sep 13

Fenz22

Been listening since shortly after its start. Highly recommend if you are interested in legal topics but in normal discussion with non-law students. It is left leaning - kind of obvious. As a lawyer who loved law school (and studying for the bar), it is great. I restarted the other day, and it’s unintentionally foretelling.

Professor Elizabeth Joh teaches Intro to Constitutional Law and most of the time this is a pretty straight forward job. But when Trump came into office, everything changed. During the four years of the Trump presidency, Professor Joh would check Twitter five minutes before each class to find out what the 45th President had said and how it jibes with 200 years of the judicial branch interpreting and ruling on the Constitution. Acclaimed podcaster Roman Mars (99% Invisible) was so anxious about all the norms and laws being tested in the Trump era that he asked his neighbor, Elizabeth, to explain what was going on in the world from a Constitutional law perspective. Even after Trump left office, there is still so much for Roman to learn. What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law is a weekly, fun, casual Con Law 101 class that uses the tumultuous activities of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to teach us all about the US Constitution. All music for the show comes from Doomtree, an independent hip-hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.