{"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":"Unitary Duality - Guests Steven Calabresi and Vikram Amar","slug":"unitary-duality-guests-steven-calabresi-and-vikram-amar","published_at":"2026-07-08T04:07:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/unitary-duality-guests-steven-calabresi-and-vikram-amar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amarica-s-constitution-3511925","url":"https://amaricasconstitution.podbean.com/e/unitary-duality-guests-steven-calabresi-and-vikram-amar/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ph65tv5tdgun2fft/286_Unitary_Duality.mp3","summary":"he Supreme Court ruled in two cases framing Unitary Executive theory. So it’s entirely appropriate that we have two great experts on the topic joining us. Steve Calabresi literally wrote the book on this theory, and perhaps it’s not surprising that he is more pure than the Court itself. Meanwhile, Vik Amar has seen his theories concerning non-delegation and Congressional lock-in come up again and again this term - and here we see it again; if the agencies were meant by Congress to preserve its role in exercising certain powers, how can it reclaim those powers when the independence of the agencies is eliminated? Meanwhile, Akhil, cited in the Slaughter case, reviews the originalism involved in the opinions, and puts the cases in an overall perspective of sorts. All in all, an impressive resource for you to draw on. Lawyers and Judges are eligible for Continuing Legal Education credit by visiting podcast.njsba.com after listening.","meta_description":"he Supreme Court ruled in two cases framing Unitary Executive theory. So it’s entirely appropriate that we have two great experts on the topic joining us.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5446,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amarica-s-constitution-3511925/episodes/unitary-duality-guests-steven-calabresi-and-vikram-amar/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/unitary-duality-guests-steven-calabresi-and-vikram-amar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}