{"podcast":{"title":"The Court of History","slug":"the-court-of-history-7648009","podcast_index_feed_id":7648009,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/MTH8378930776","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/12c20da4-eb46-11f0-9833-d35b3bc1e46c/image/f037e2f5c376dc4b477fd206193226fd.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"MeidasTouch Network","episode_count":131,"summary":"Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz, renowned political historians, invite you into their conversations with the most cutting edge and authoritative guests at the crossroads of political, history and the constitutional crisis.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T12:23:51.761895+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-court-of-history-7648009"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Crushed by His Own Justices at Supreme Court","slug":"trump-crushed-by-his-own-justices-at-supreme-court","published_at":"2026-04-13T14:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-court-of-history-7648009/trump-crushed-by-his-own-justices-at-supreme-court","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-court-of-history-7648009","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH5817641362.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH5817641362.mp3","summary":"Legal scholars examine the constitutional crisis posed by attempts to rescind birthright citizenship through a distorted lens of originalism. 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