The Second Amendment - What does it mean?

Not really. But we send one of our own out in style by asking (and answering) some very tough questions. Including one you might recognize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Article II, which lays out the powers, duties, and limits on presidential powers, is one of the most debated and reinterpreted parts of the Constitution. So what does it say? Today we are joined by Dr. Corey Brettschneider, a professor of political science at Brown, author of sev ...  Show more

Two blockbuster cases came down in June of 2022. The Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen substantially expanded Second Amendment rights and limited the power of states to regulate concealed carry of firearms. Bruen affected ...  Show more

Yesterday, America’s Supreme Court issued its most important Second Amendment ruling in more than a decade, <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/06/23/americas-supreme-court-extends-the-right-to-bear-arms-outside-the-home?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcas ...  Show more

Kate, Melissa, and Leah recap the arguments in United States v. Rahimi, the case about the constitutionality of gun regulations, featuring diss tracks by KBJ.Listen to "How SCOTUS gutted our gun laws," our episode on the 2022 decision that started this madnessGet tickets for STRI ...  Show more

The shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, reignited an increasingly familiar debate about guns in this country. Today, we’re re-releasing a More Perfect episode that aired just after the Las Vegas shooting last year that attempts to make sense of our cou ...