{"podcast":{"title":"Amarica's Constitution","slug":"amarica-s-constitution-3511925","podcast_index_feed_id":3511925,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/amaricasconstitution/feed.xml","website_url":"https://akhilamar.com/podcast-2/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10689398/AC_1_488KB79mm8.jpg","author":"Akhil Reed Amar","episode_count":287,"summary":"Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the nation’s leading authorities on the Constitution, offers weekly in-depth discussions on the most urgent and fascinating constitutional issues of our day. He is joined by host Andy Lipka and guests drawn from other top experts including Bob Woodward, Lawrence Lessig, Neal Katyal, Michael Gerhardt, and many more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:18:43.201136+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925"},"episode":{"title":"Dissenting from the Dissents","slug":"dissenting-from-the-dissents","published_at":"2026-07-16T15:50:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/dissenting-from-the-dissents","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925","url":"https://amaricasconstitution.podbean.com/e/dissenting-from-the-dissents/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kt7izqjishdgcdrs/287_Dissenting_From_the_Dissents.mp3","summary":"How could the vote in Trump v. Barbara have been as close as it was? Many have been bewildered by the vote in this case, given the strength of the arguments in Chief Justice Roberts' majority opinion, the long history of birthright citizenship, the statutory history, and the clear text of the 14th amendment. We try to understand this by looking at how the dissents took an aberrant and incorrect approach to the very act of dissenting. To do this, we have to look at a general theory of dissents at the Supreme Court - and so we do. Meanwhile, a foreign nation's holiday is celebrated, as well it should be given this nation's role in our own achievement of independence. Lawyers And Judges Are Eligible For Continuing Legal Education Credit by visiting podcast.njsba.com.","meta_description":"How could the vote in Trump v. Barbara have been as close as it was? Many have been bewildered by the vote in this case, given the strength of the argumen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5205,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/episodes/dissenting-from-the-dissents/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/dissenting-from-the-dissents.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}