On today’s episode of the show, we’re looking at the death penalty. We’ll look at the history of capital punishment, as well as philosophical arguments for and against it regarding retributive and utilitarian justice. We’ll also talk about whether or not the state has a right to execute its citizens, and also if killing a … More The Death Penalty
On today’s episode of the show, we’re looking at who Hillary Clinton could choose to be her running mate on the ticket. Clinton even with the rise of Bernie Sanders, still appears to be far-in-away the most likely nominee for the Democratic party, and will have to make a choice that can compensate for her … More Who would be Hillary Clinton’s running mate?
On this episode of the podcast, we break down the Ninth and Tenth Amendment, two amendments often seen as working together to ensure that people have rights other than those in the Bill of Rights. We’ll look at rights like privacy, which isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, but something that few would dispute we have a … More The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: Rights
In the Eighth Amendment episode we talked at one point about stocks, and I promised to put some photos up on our website about them so that way anybody who couldn’t visualize what was being referenced would be able to get a better sense of what was being talked about. Above are some photos of … More Stocks
On this episode of the podcast, we break down the Eighth Amendment and all of its individual clauses, including the the clauses about excessive bail and fines. The majority of the episode focuses on “cruel and unusual punishment” and the various definitions of justice presented by philosophers over the years and how punishments like solitary … More The Eighth Amendment: Punishment
Today’s episode is a bit of a detour from previous ones. We will be coming back to the Bill of Rights next episode when we talk about the Eighth Amendment, but I wanted more time to work on that episode, so I had this one almost finished and decided to post it. This episode is … More R.I.P. California Republicans? Not so fast!
On this episode of the podcast, we break down the Seventh Amendment and look at the pros and cons of the jury system, as well as reforms and alternatives, including the possibility of professional jurors, Summary Jury Trials, additional verdicts and plenty more. Feel free to email us your thoughts at politicaltheorypodcast@gmail.com, visit our website … More The Seventh Amendment: Juries
On this episode of the podcast, we break down the Sixth Amendment and all of its individual clauses, including the debates surrounding issues like dying declaration, the Confrontation Clause, the Public Trial clause and the Impartial Jury clause and more. Feel free to email us your thoughts at politicaltheorypodcast@gmail.com, visit our website at politicaltheorypodcast.com, subscribe … More The Sixth Amendment: Trials
Only a few days after I finished the episode on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that credit card skimming is not a Fourth Amendment search, but Orin Kerr, a research professor at The George Washington University Law School, disagrees. In the case, United … More Credit Card Skimming
On this episode of the podcast, we break down the Fifth Amendment and all of its individual clauses, including the debates surrounding issues like double jeopardy, due process, the war exemption clause and eminent domain. Feel free to email us your thoughts at politicaltheorypodcast@gmail.com, visit our website at politicaltheorypodcast.com, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes … More The Fifth Amendment: Criminal Procedure
On this episode of the podcast we look at the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an amendment that seems to grow more confusing and difficult to interpret as time goes on. With new technologies constantly redefining what words like “privacy” mean, this episode takes a look at the history of privacy and government searches, … More The Fourth Amendment: Privacy
On this episode of the podcast we look at the Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an amendment once called “the runt piglet” of the constitution by the American Bar Association. In this particularly brief episode we look at why we have a third amendment and why it has never been (and also why it … More The Third Amendment: Quartering
In the second episode of the podcast we look at the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, beginning by examining its origins in our society and then looking at the debates that still surround it today on issues like whether or not guns effectively hold the government in check, whether or not they actually stop … More The Second Amendment: Guns
In the first episode of this podcast we look at the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, beginning by examining its origins in philosophy and its evolution in our society. Then we look at the debates that still surround the first amendment, like hate speech, censorship, school prayer and so on. Lastly, we look at … More The First Amendment: Free Speech
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