The FedSoc Films Podcast (The Federalist Society)

The FedSoc Films Podcast gives audiences a deeper dive into the issues and stories featured in our films, bringing you even more of the engaging debates, thoughtful commentary, and expert analysis from world-class scholars, legal professionals, and policymakers that you've come to expect from FedSoc Films, part of the Federalist Society.

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Who were the two most important philosophers behind the founders? In the episode of our series inspired by our film, The Philosophers Behind the Founders, Professor Paul Carrese and Professor Michael Zuckert join us to discuss John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu: The Tag Team Philosophers behind the American founding

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Watch the full film, The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis

Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537

Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, author of George Mason: The Founding Father Who Gave Us the Bill of Rights, William G. Hyland, Jr., discusses some of the friendships that George Mason had with the other founders, as well as why he decided to write about this lesser-known founding father. This episode digs deeper into the life of George Mason explored in our short film Blueprint for American Rights: George Mason’s Declaration. The film features three experts giving their take on George Mason and his Virginia Declaration of Rights that heavily influenced the founding documents of the United States of America

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Watch the full film, Blueprint for American Rights: George Mason’s Declaration, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/goGkBHx8LHA

Learn more about William G. Hyland, Jr. at https://fedsoc.org/contributors/william-hyland

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, esteemed law professors Michael W. McConnell (Stanford Law) and Randy E. Barnett (Georgetown Law) discuss where they agree and disagree about the case law and meaning of the Ninth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This episode expands on the discussion from our short film Retained by the People: The Ninth Amendment that explores the history and purpose of the Ninth Amendment.

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Watch the full film, Retained by the People: The Ninth Amendment, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hlrt0cktLtE

Learn more about Professor Michael W. McConnell at https://law.stanford.edu/directory/michael-w-mcconnell/

Learn more about Professor Randy E. Barnett at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/randy-e-barnett/

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What radical idea from John Locke inspired educated colonists to revolt against their king? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert discuss John Locke, the ideas he proposed in Two Treatises of Government, how John Locke influenced America’s founding fathers.

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Watch the full film, The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis

Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537

Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/

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Who was Baron de Montesquieu and which of his ideas made it into America’s founding documents? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert answer that question and more to fix any Monte-skewed perspectives we might have on the origins of the United States Constitution.

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Watch the full film, The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis

Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537

Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/

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Who are some of the other philosophers behind the founders that didn’t make it into our film or our founding documents? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert discuss the various thinkers on the mind of our founding fathers in the making of America, including Sir William Blackstone, Thomas Hobbes, and Niccolo Machiavelli.

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Watch the full film Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis

Learn more about Paul Carrese:
https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537

Click here to learn more about Michael Zuckert:
https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/

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What was the significance of the first presidential farewell address in American history? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Allison Wickens, Vice President of Education at George Washington's Mount Vernon, joins us to discuss President Washington’s farewell address.

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Watch the full film, American Cincinnatus: George Washington Lays Down His Sword, here:
https://youtu.be/UMYaDMVbZtU

Learn more about George Washington’s Mount Vernon here:
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast Dr. Matthew Spalding (Hillsdale College), Dr. Jeffry Morrison (Christopher Newport University), and Dr. W.B. Allen (Michigan State University) discuss how much George Washington’s presumed role as America’s first president shaped the framing of Article II of the Constitution, as well as other fascinating facts about Washington. This episode expands on the discussion from our short film "American Cincinnatus: George Washington Lays Down His Sword" that chronicles one of the biggest decisions by America’s first president by exploring the parallels between founding farmer turned founding father George Washington, and the Roman statesman, Cincinnatus, who like Washington was a successful general and politician who gave up power and returned to life as a citizen.

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Watch the full film, "American Cincinnatus: George Washington Lays Down His Sword", on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UMYaDMVbZtU.

Learn more about Dr. Matthew Spalding at https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/matthew-spalding.

Learn more about Dr. Jeffry Morrison at https://cnu.edu/people/jeffrymorrison.

Learn more about Dr. WB. Allen at http://williambarclayallen.com.

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What did one Enlightenment philosopher have to say about religious toleration and how did that impact America’s founding ideas? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert discuss John Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration and what one 17th century political philosopher had to say on the separation of Church and state.

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Watch the full film, Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis.

Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537.

Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/.

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How did our founding fathers encounter the ideas of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu? Today we have two professors from the film, Paul Carrese and Michael Zuckert, who are here to answer that question and give some advice to current students and what law school students should take away from these two philosophers behind the founders.

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Watch the full film, Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis.

Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537.

Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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One century ago, a national prohibition was legalized, lasting for 13 years. This episode is inspired by our film, American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws, a documentary short that explores the story behind the craft beer renaissance and the importance of well-crafted legislation.

What, legally speaking, was prohibition, anyway? Here to provide us with a history of America’s most sober legal moment is Garrett Peck, author, historian, and tour guide, who has written numerous books on American alcohol consumption (or lack thereof), including Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't, The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet, Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C, and, most recently, a chapter in Prohibition’s Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth about America’s Anti-Alcohol Crusade.

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Watch the full film, American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws, here:
https://youtu.be/shcEv3k_NZg

Learn more about Garrett Peck here:
https://garrettpeck.com

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In February of 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected the first president of the United States. This was the first time the people of a nation had elected a president-- but what to call him? His Highness, His Excellency?

In this Cutting Room Floor episode, we feature three experts from our film, “American Cincinnatus,” which explores the parallels between George Washington, and the Roman statesman, Cincinnatus. Professor Mathew Spalding of Hillsdale College, Professor Jeffry Morrison of Christopher Newport University, and Judge Andrew Oldham from the Fifth Circuit of Appeals. We’ve saved this conversation from the cutting room floor for the first Cutting Room Floor edition of the FedSoc Films Podcast.

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Watch the full film, American Cincinnatus: George Washington Lays Down His Sword, here:
https://youtu.be/UMYaDMVbZtU

Learn more about Dr. Matthew Spalding at https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/matthew-spaldin

Learn more about Dr. Jeffry Morrison at: https://cnu.edu/people/jeffrymorrison

Learn more about Judge Andrew Oldham at: https://fedsoc.org/contributors/andrew-oldham

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In 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, the amendment that mandated a nationwide prohibition on alcohol.

In this Cutting Room Floor episode, we feature author and historian Garrett Peck, who was featured in our film, “American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws,” on the Twenty-first Amendment. We’ve saved this history of the Twenty-First Amendment from the cutting room floor for the second episode of the Cutting Room Floor edition of the FedSoc Films Podcast.

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Watch the full film, American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws, here:
https://youtu.be/shcEv3k_NZg

Learn more about Garrett Peck at:
https://garrettpeck.com

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In the early 1980s, General Motors found the perfect place to build a new factory in Detroit. That meant much needed jobs, economic development, and prosperity. The only problem was an entire neighborhood stood in the way. Our film Taking Poletown explores the battle between the neighborhood known as "Poletown" and the city of Detroit, along with General Motors, over the power and purpose of using eminent domain to transfer private property for "public use."

Looking back 30 years later after two Michigan Supreme Court cases and a Michigan constitutional amendment, what lessons can we learn?

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcasts we’ll revisit some of the issues discussed in the film while diving deeper into the Court case that came after the Poletown case called County of Wayne v. Hathcock. And to do this, we’ve invited Professor John Mogk, a distinguished law professor from Wayne State University in Michigan, an expert on the topic of eminent domain—especially in Michigan, and of course, Professor Mogk was also featured in our film, Taking Poletown.


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Watch the full film Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaoessbpIIc

Click here to learn more about Professor John Mogk: https://law.wayne.edu/profile/ac4871



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When politicians and big tech clash over political bias, fake news, and content moderation, who wins? How best do we preserve free speech online?

At the heart of this battle is a once-obscure section of an unpopular law from the 90s that, arguably, brought the Internet out of the wild west and made it what it is today. Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act has been in the news a lot, but what the heck is it? Why do some people argue it gives a voice to the powerless while others say it allows giant corporations to stifle free speech? And how will the outcome of this fight affect YOU?

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we talk to Congressman Chris Cox, who represented California from 1989-2005 and was the co-author of Section 230, about how Section 230 relates to the First Amendment. Congressman Cox was featured in our film, Leave a Decent Comment, where we discussed many issues around Section 230, but we wanted to give more time to the important issue of freedom of speech on the internet.

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Watch the full film, Leave a Decent Comment: Section 230 & the Fight for the Future of the Internet, here:
https://youtu.be/fe7QfpjcqMU

Learn more about Rep. Chris Cox at https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COX,-Charles-Christopher-(C000830)/

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we discuss the constitutional interpretation of Frederick Douglass with Bradley Rebeiro, Associate Professor of law at Brigham Young University School of Law. Professor Rebeiro appears in our latest short documentary from FedSoc Films, Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote.

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Watch the full film, Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote, here:
https://youtu.be/SCiXNg8wCJA

Learn more about Bradley Rebeiro here:
https://law.byu.edu/directory/faculty/bradley-rebeiro/

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Dr. Catherine Allgor, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, about America’s “first First Lady,” Dolley Madison, and how through her clothing and charisma, Mrs. Madison became the standard by which all other first ladies measure up.

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Watch the full film, Madison and the Fight for the Constitution, here:
https://youtu.be/R3Mgiv3eK7I

Learn more about Dr. Catherine Allgor:
https://www.masshist.org/president

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For over 20 years, the Michigan Supreme Court ruling in Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit, often referred to simply as Poletown, set the precedent for how and why eminent domain can be used. This was a controversial decision that was preceded by protests & holdouts, but eventually the Court’s decision allowed for the City of Detroit to use eminent domain to acquire land for General Motors to expand a car plant—land where a neighborhood existed. Part of what was at issue was what does “public use” mean? The Michigan Court found that the economic benefits that the plant promised to create sufficed as “public use,” regardless that the land was to be transferred to a private party, GM. But the story didn’t end there. In 2004, another eminent domain case, County of Wayne v. Hathcock, made its way to a new Michigan Supreme Court, and that court ended up overturning the precedent set in Poletown.

Today’s episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast features Robert P. Young, one of the Justice’s on the Michigan Court in 2004, to give key insights into why he was in favor of overturning Poletown.

This episode is inspired by our film Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain, a short documentary that explores the battle that took place over 30 years ago between homeowners, government officials, and General Motors.

Watch the full film Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaoessbpIIc


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What does it take to get a convention of delegates to agree on one important document? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Professor David Forte of Madison and the Fight for the Constitution about James Madison’s unique role in managing the personalities during the constitutional convention with one goal in mind: the ratification of the Constitution.

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Watch the full film, Madison and the Fight for the Constitution, here:
https://youtu.be/R3Mgiv3eK7I

Learn more about Professor David Forte here:
https://fedsoc.org/contributors/david-forte-1

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How important are state constitutions today? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Jeffrey Sutton, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who appears in our film The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions, a short documentary about the extraordinary decade from 1776 to 1787 which marked the most substantial period of constitution writing in the history of the world.

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Watch the full film, The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions, here:
https://youtu.be/zKdNHlFGXuw

Learn more about Judge Jeffrey Sutton here:
https://fedsoc.org/contributors/jeffrey-sutton

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In 2021, we released our award-winning film, Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain, that showcases the battle waged by the residents of Poletown to stop GM and the city of Detroit from using eminent domain to take their historic community. Now listen to the story of how this film came together. Featuring Taking Poleotown’s director, Tim Hedberg, and executive producer, Matt Wood. Tim and Matt recount how this film came to be and what they learned along the way. Enjoy our first “Making of” episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast.

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Watch the full film, Taking Poletown, here:
Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain

Learn more about Tim Hedberg and his company, Motivo, here:
https://motivo.me/

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How did Frederick Douglass become the most photographed man of the nineteenth century? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Timothy Sandefur, vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute, who appears in our film Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote, a short documentary about Frederick Douglass’ journey from the Thirteenth Amendment to the Fifteenth Amendment.

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Watch the full film, Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote, here: https://youtu.be/SCiXNg8wCJA

Learn more about Timothy Sandefur here: https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/our-team/timothy-sandefur/

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As one of the most radically democratic constitutions in American history, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 sought to ensure government “by the people” rather than by a king.
In this Cutting Room Floor episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we feature three experts from our film “The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions,” which explores the development of state constitutions in revolutionary America. Professor John Dinan of Wake Forest College, Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Prof. Robert Williams of Rutgers Law School had lots to say about Pennsylvania’s first constitution and its impact on the development of constitutional thought.

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Watch the full film, The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions, here: https://youtu.be/zKdNHlFGXuw

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Learn more about Prof. John Dinan here:
https://politics.wfu.edu/faculty-and-staff/john-dinan/

Learn more about Judge Jeffrey Sutton here:
https://www.ali.org/members/member/287895/

Learn more about Prof. Robert Williams here:
https://law.rutgers.edu/directory/view/rfw

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Dr. Sara Martin, Editor-in-Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, about her work on the Adams Papers and what they can tell us about John Adams and the other members of the Adams family.

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Watch the full film, Son of Liberty, Man of Law, here:
https://youtu.be/X0zGzH5hmmc

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Colleen A. Sheehan, Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University, about the effervescent mind of James Madison, the father of the Constitution.

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, about the three lives of James Madison, first as a revolutionary thinker, then as a partisan political strategist, and finally as the fourth president of the United States.

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https://www.amazon.com/Three-Lives-James-Madison-President/dp/081299275X

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To kick off the all new season of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Ira Stoll, author of “Samuel Adams: A Life” and Managing Editor of Education Next. We discuss the revolutionary life of Samuel Adams and what led him to join the fight for American independence.

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Alexandra Gaiser, Director of Regulatory Affairs at River Financial. We discussed how federal regulators are approaching cryptocurrency and the uncertainty many have about crypto regulation, especially in the aftermath of the FTX collapse.

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Oonagh McDonald, senior adviser to Crito Capital and author of several books including “Cryptocurrencies: Money, Trust and Regulation.” We discussed how crypto regulations are developing around the world, the international concerns of crypto regulation, and the potential impact these regulations might have on innovation in this space.

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Alexandra Gaiser, Director of Regulatory Affairs at River Financial. We discussed the growing frontier of crypto in Wyoming and how states across the country are trekking this uncharted territory.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Ira Stoll, author of “Samuel Adams: A Life” and Managing Editor of Education Next. We discussed the dynamic between Samuel Adams and John Adams, two cousins who had unique impacts on American history, and the different paths they took to revolution.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Ira Stoll, author of “Samuel Adams: A Life” and Managing Editor of Education Next. The Sons of Liberty played a key role in fanning the flames to revolution, and Samuel Adams was a prominent figure in this history-making band of brothers. We dive into how Sam Adams was involved in the Sons of Liberty and how these revolutionary figures pushed a nation towards independence.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Professor Jeffrey Bellin, a professor at William and Mary Law School and expert on criminal law and procedure. In law, even the definition of a single word can have implications for how that law is interpreted by the courts. We dive into some of the past Fourth Amendment cases and how the interpretation of certain terms affects privacy in the United States.

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https://law2.wm.edu/faculty/bios/fulltime/jbellin.php

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https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol118/iss2/3/

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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Rick Esenberg, Founder & President of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty joined us to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic played out on the ground in Wisconsin and how the legislature brought an irregular case against the governor of Wisconsin to challenge executive overreach and protect the separation of powers even during a state of emergency.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Rick Esenberg, Founder & President of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty joined us to discuss the legal questions facing Wisconsin during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Philip Wallach, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joined us to discuss America’s declining trust in Congress and analyze the current budget approval process, the incentive structures to change it, and how a new House speaker might affect this process.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Mark Strand, a professor of Legislative Affairs at George Washington University and the former president of the Congressional Institute, joined us to discuss his perspective on how well the Omnibus process works, some possible alternatives to improve the budget approval process, and what this core function of Congress could look like in the next 20 years.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Amy Peikoff, Chief Policy Officer at BitChute, joined us to discuss the biggest questions surrounding the concept of a “right to privacy” and possible solutions as it relates to the Third Party Doctrine.
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Read Amy Peikoff’s article on “Of Third-Party Bathwater: How to Throw Out the Third-Party Doctrine While Preserving Government's Ability to Use Secret Agents” here:
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Laura Ebke, a Senior Fellow at the Platte Institute and former Nebraska state Senator, joined us to explore the unique political structure of the Nebraska state legislature, the future and longevity of this American experiment, and her experience navigating this one-of-a-kind political environment during her time as Senator.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Erik Jaffe, a partner at Schaerr Jaffe, joined us for a “radical” discussion on when the government has the power to speak, when they can and cannot use it to persuade, and when in some cases, they enter the realm of propaganda.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Kelly Deere, Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School, joined us to discuss how different states and governors utilized – or weaponized – emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use-cases for when these authoritative actions are deemed necessary.
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In this Part 1 episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, John Richter, a partner at the law firm King & Spalding and a former United States Attorney, joined us to break down how the notion of a “right to privacy” has impacted third-party data, how this issue has played out in the courts, and how access to digital data impacts the work of law enforcement.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Andrew Lagrone, a Nebraska native and former state senator, joined us to give an inside look into Nebraska’s nonpartisan state legislature, offering his insights into how this American experiment has resulted not in a modern democratic institution but a “medieval court,” divorced from the will of the people.
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In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Mark Strand, a professor of Legislative Affairs at George Washington University and the former president of the Congressional Institute, joined us to discuss how Omnibus bills came to be, the importance the Founding Fathers placed on this congressional responsibility, and what the budget approval process looks like today, as Congressional spending continues to grow.
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In Part 2, Professor Julia Mahoney joins Professor Joshua Kleinfeld to discuss freedom of thought in diverse professional worlds, from universities to law to corporations to medicine. Why have professional sectors become more ideological? Has concentration in the for-profit sector contributed to this development, and what are some possible solutions? What obligations do shareholders have to their employees? Join us for a conversation on market competition, government regulation, and more.
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Prof. Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Joshua Kleinfeld, Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law