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It may be the winter session in the faculty lounge, but things are heating up as professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo clash on a number of today’s topics. On the docket: Was Mitt Romney justified in his impeachment vote? Is President Trump wrong to override the Justice Department on the Roger Stone case? Can states punish members of the Electoral College for defying the will of the voters? Can state and local governments resist the feds’ efforts to curb illegal immigration? And do the sign-stealing Houston Astros have to pay up for ruining a pitcher’s career? All that plus the gang weighs in on Korean cinema, back tattoos, and one of the professors (shouldn’t it be obvious?) getting shushed on a film set.
Hosted by John Yoo, Richard Epstein, and Troy Senik
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Always learn so much in the faculty lounge. Thanks for the podcast.
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Ridiculous take on the Astros equating it to the blacksocks. It's nothing like that. The Astros took sign stealing new level - maybe. But when Carlos Beltran came to the Astros and said their sign stealing methods are behind the times that implies other teams do it. And, by other teams you should read: all of them. Sign stealing, tipping, plunking, ball doctoring are all part of baseball.
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Reading Polybius’ Roman Constitution, it struck me that Republican Rome, not democratic Athens, was the model for the American Constitution.
That’s why I look askance at the idea that having both a House and Senate was nothing more than a compromise. They look suspiciously like Rome’s Assemblies of the People and Senate.
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Great discussion, but the download was five hours long, with what sounded like several drafts.
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