The American Idea
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The American Idea explores America's history and principles and what they mean today. The podcast is a production of the Ashbrook Center and hosted by Dr. Jeff Sikkenga.
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- Whom Can the President Fire? The Controversy Over the Removal Authority · 40 min · Stagione 7It might seem like a topic deep in the constitutional or legal weeds, but the president’s authority to fire federal officials has been controversial since the first Washington…
- Selective Obedience of the Law - Nullification Then, Sanctuary Cities Today · 42 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 10Do states have a constitutional right to nullify or ignore federal laws? Many in the South in the early 19th Century thought so, and argued against national tariffs on those…
- Money and Politics: The National Bank, the Federal Reserve, and America’s Finances · 35 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 9We hear a lot about “The Fed,” interest rates, and America’s staggering national debt. But what do they each mean, how are they related, and how do they impact each of us today…
- Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution · 32 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 8Jeff is joined by Jonathan Turley - Georgetown University law professor, author, and constitutional law expert - to discuss the revolutionary roots of America, and how a few key…
- Was the Supreme Court Supposed to Have This Much Power? · 45 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 7Typical civics and American Government courses teach that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution - that is, determining its meaning and limits…
- The Last Adieu: Lafayette and Early America · 40 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 6The Marquis de Lafayette came to America at age 19, on his own dime, to earn glory on the battlefield. He quickly became one of the Revolution’s greatest believers, and spent the…
- Completing the Founding: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 · 48 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 5Written while the Constitutional Convention was taking place in 1787, the Northwest Ordinance was adopted fully by the new government, despite being a production of the Articles…
- Fact or Fiction? Historians Discuss Young Washington · 36 min · Stagione 7Young Washington purports to tell the story of George Washington’s early life, and the choices, situations, and actions that defined him as a young man, and in the eyes of his…
- America's First Citizen: Character Lessons from George Washington · 36 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 4First in war, first in peace, and traditionally first in the hearts of Americans - what can we learn from Washington, the man? What made him the person around whom history seemed…
- Why Did the Founders Create a Republic? · 40 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 3America is often called a democracy, sometimes a democratic republic, and probably less-often a republic. But to be precise, the American system of constitutional government…
- A Sober View of Human Nature: Federalist 10 and Factions · 42 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 2In Federalist 10, James Madison identified what he saw as one of the greatest dangers to popular government: factions. How did he define and understand them? Does his definition…
- More than a Document: Living the Declaration of Independence · 41 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 1The ideals, values, and aspirations in the Declaration of Independence aren’t just the words of an old document - they’re a statement of political and public faith in how we…
- Our Right to Privacy and the 4th Amendment · 45 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 25Our 4th Amendment rights to privacy, in various forms, has its origins before the Declaration of Independence, and is at the foundation of Americans’ understanding of natural…
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations at 250 Years · 50 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 24Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” was published in 1776, shortly before America’s Declaration of Independence. Smith famously described an “invisible hand” at work behind markets…
- Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment? · 38 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 23Niccolo Machiavelli, is usually cast as something of a villain for supposedly promoting cut-throat politics. Regarded as the father of modern political theory and science…
- Religious Liberty at the Founding and Today · 42 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 22Religious liberty is at the foundation of the American Idea - but how was it understood and protected at America’s Founding, and how what does this fundamental right look like…
- The Voting Rights Act and the Callais Supreme Court Decision - Context and Analysis · 40 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 21The United States Supreme Court handed down its decision on Louisiana v. Callais in early May, and it’s impossible to understand this 6-3 ruling without having some background…
- School Choice: The Past, Present, and Future of a Movement · 48 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 20School choice has moved to the forefront of national conversations and debates most notably since COVID; however the ‘educational choice’ movement is not new in America at all…
- "Mischievous Cousins' - A British Perspective on the American Revolution · 37 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 19What’s taught in British schools about the American Revolution? How are Americans’ motivations during the Founding understood by our ‘cousins’ on the other side of the Atlantic?…
- From 1776 to Civil Rights: How the Declaration Shaped the Struggle for Equality · 52 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 18The Abolition and Civil Rights movements are often presented as solutions to the failures of the American Founding, or replacements for its ideas. The relationship between the…
