# MTM - Interview with Joe Wolverton..Why a Balanced Budget Amendment Won't Work.

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Podcast: [More Than Medicine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-than-medicine-83624)
Published: 2026-03-07T12:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail What if the fastest path to a balanced budget isn’t a new amendment at all, but simply enforcing the one we already have? We sit down with constitutional lawyer Joe Wolverton to dismantle the popular case for a new constitutional convention and to map out a realistic, lawful way to rein in Washington’s spending. Joe traces his journey from a military family to constitutional scholarship and lays out a plain reading of the Constitution: enumerated powers are few, and everythin...

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