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We Don’t Appreciate The U.S. Constitution Enough

Episode length: 45m

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Ilan Wurman, law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and host of the podcast Rationally Based, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the common law tradition of birthright citizenship, the constitutional separation of powers, and the originalist versus "living constitution" debate in the buildup to America's semiquincentennial.

You can find Wurman's new book, The Constitution of 1789, here.

Host:
Matt Kittle