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Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University, joins Sarah and David to read between the lines of the Constitution to find and define unenumerated rights. Be sure to check out his books, America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By and The Words that Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840. And stick around after the interview for a brief Alito flag update.
—Akhil Amar’s two-tier theory of jurisdictions
—AO episode with Judge Newsom mentioning unenumerated rights
—Ezra Klein's article on the Second Amendment
—District of Columbia v. Heller
—McDonald v. City of Chicago
—New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen
—Akhil Amar's podcast
—NRA v. Vullo decision
—Casey Mattox's tweet on NRA v. Vullo
—SCOTUS clears the way for Louisiana to use a new congressional map
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