Questions
075 – Is Driving a Right or a Privilege?
I love questions. On today’s episode, we’ll ponder the question I was asked, “Is driving a right or a privilege”?
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073 – Do States have Rights?
I love when viewers ask questions. We’ll ponder one such question, is driving a right, next on the Constitution Study.
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063 – How the 17th Amendment changed the Senate
At a recent event I was asked by the 17th Amendment changed the role of the Senate. I thought it was such a good question I thought I’d ponder it here, next on the Constitution Study.
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The First Amendment and the Supremacy Clause
I’ve received several questions about the scope of the Bill of Rights, often around ideas that can be summed up in the Incorporation Doctrine. Since here at The Constitution Study we like to take a deep look at the actual language, it’s worth looking at how the First Amendment is different from the others.
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The Constitutionality of National Emergencies
Going all the way back to at least Abraham Lincoln, Presidents have claimed special powers to deal with emergencies. The questions we have here at The Constitution Study are who, if anyone, has the authority to enact these emergency powers and under what situations can they do so?
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Is a Biased Press a Free Press?
I frequently encourage you to ask questions on the website. I love questions since they often make me think through my own positions and then give me the chance to answer. Sometimes they even become website articles and podcast episodes, just like the the question I’m going to answer here today.
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Does “In God We Trust” violate separation of church and state?
First, I want to thank Meline for the question she asked at the website: Does having “In God We Trust” on our money infringe on our constitutional rights? If so, which one(s)? Since there is supposed to be Church and State separation, isn’t money clearly related to state which therefore should be separated from church?…
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