Episode 14 | Constitutional Commandments

About this episode

The hosts discuss Trump's ballroom, the District Court case, and the Democrats' plan to pack the Supreme Court.

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, revisit the issue of Trump's ballroom after the recent assassination attempt. Ilan sticks to his guns and thinks Congress has to approve the ballroom; Kathryn is skeptical. Both agree, though, that the District Court case against the ballroom is ridiculous because the plaintiff doesn't have standing. Our hosts pivot to the Democrats' plan to pack the Supreme Court and make D.C. a state. They talk about the history of circuit riding and...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ilan Wurman, Kathryn Johnson

Topics covered

• Constitutional law
• Supreme Court
• political strategy
• Trump
• court cases
• statehood

Keywords

• Trump
• ballroom
• District Court
• Supreme Court
• statehood
• Democrats
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: District Court, Democrats

Places: D.C.

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