American Politics and the US Constitution

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This podcast covers the content that all college students (and all American citizens) should know after completing an introductory course on American Government. The four regular hosts (Marty Nader, PhD; Katie Francis, PhD; Lauren Santoro, PhD; and Shannon Scotece, PhD) are instructors for one of the largest private non-profit universities in the United States, and they have many years of experience teaching thousands of college students about American politics and the US Constitution.

Marty Nader, Katie Francis, Lauren Santoro, and Shannon Scotece


    • Sep 23, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Constitution Day 2023: Extraconstitutional

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    Global Political Ideologies: Authoritarianism, Fascism, Socialism, and Communism

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    Political Ideologies: Conservative and Liberal

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    What's Up with That? Media Literacy and Understanding Fake News

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    Theories of Media: Hypodermic, Minimal Effects, and Cultivation

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    Media and Politics

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    Media and Politics

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    Public Opinion

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    Public Opinion and Political Socialization

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    Voting Rights Act of 1965

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964

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    Separate but Equal

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    Separate but Equal Doctrine: The Fourteenth Amendment, Plessy, and Brown

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    Fourteenth Amendment

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    Marriage Equality

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    Ninth Amendment and the Right to Privacy: Griswold, Roe, Casey, and Dobbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 29:29


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    Ninth Amendment

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    Eighth Amendment

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    Rights of the Accused

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    Fourth Amendment

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    Fourth Amendment and Mapp v. Ohio

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    What's Up with That? Guns, Gun Laws, Gun Violence, and the Second Amendment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 34:14


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    Second Amendment

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    The Second Amendment and Gun Rights: Heller, McDonald, Bruen, and US v. Miller,

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 36:21


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    Branzburg v. Hayes and Freedom of the Press

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 21:18


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    First Amendment Free Speech Cases

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    The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment: Sherbert, Oregon, Hobby Lobby, and Carson

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    First Amendment: Freedom of Religion Cases

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    The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment: Lemon, Santa Fe, and Kennedy

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    First Amendment

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    Civil Liberties versus Civil Rights

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    Political Parties

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    Campaign Finance Laws: FECA, BCRA, Citizens United, PACs, and Super PACs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 29:49


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    PACs and Super PACs

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    Interest Groups

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    Interest Groups

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    What's Up with That? Electoral College Anomaly Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 37:01


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    Congressional and Presidential Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 29:51


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    Electoral College

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    Electoral College

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    Political Participation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 36:10


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    Political Particiation and Voting Rights

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    What's Up with That? State Election Laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 30:49


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    Candidates, Delegates, and Electors

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    Primaries and Caucuses

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    Campaigns and Elections

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    Election Basics: Primaries, Caucuses, Conventions, Delegates, Candidates, Nominees, and Electors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 30:09


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    Interpreting the Constitution: Strict and Loose Construction, Judicial Restraint, and Judicial Activism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 49:38


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    Interpreting the Constitution: Strict and Loose Construction, Judicial Restraint, and Judicial Activism

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    Rational Basis Test, Intermediate Scrutiny, and Strict Scrutiny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 34:46


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    Supreme Court

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 33:55


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