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Kevin Gutzman on John Dickinson and the AUMF

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Kevin Gutzman joins us on today's Founders TV to talk to us about how John Dickinson (or any of the Founding Fathers) would have counseled the current world rulers in Washington D.C. on Syria and the AUMF. Well, how does Prof. Gutzman think the Founders would have responded to the current situation? Well, to put it mildly... they probably would not have […]

June 19, 2015 4

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Are Cruz And Rubio Eligible For Presidency?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "As I’ve tried to explain over and over and over again, you have to put the miracle amendment in the context of the times in which it was conceived, ill-conceived, and then allegedly ratified, because it wasn’t, not under the mythology version of it that all the Southern states ratified it as a condition for admission into the union, which is perverted from the start." […]

May 13, 2015 9

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Changing The Meaning Of The Institution

Interview with Dr. Kevin Gutzman Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "It sounds so simple, and it is simple in theory. There are very few instances where it gets complicated to the point where you have to bring judges in to argue these things. What I think on this is that the people that bring these cases ultimately, they know that they’re bringing their argument in front of a body that […]

May 12, 2015 2

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James Madison’s Policy Vastly Different From War Hawks Today

Dr. Gutzman Talks About Present Day War Hawks Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "I want to go back to the discussion at the end of the last hour about the letter from the 47 senators and about the U.S. Senate’s newfound love for the limitation of the executive branch and what it ought to do. What I’m amused by is just the inconsistency." Check out today’s transcript for the rest…. […]

March 18, 2015 12

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Congress Builds Roads To Nowhere

Congress Uses Powers From A Phony Constitution To Get Their Way Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "He cited Madison and Monroe and others that had said: Look, I can find nothing in the Constitution that would cause me to sign this bill so that you can buy alfalfa seeds for farmers in Texas, for example. Explain to the audience just a little of the history behind public works and roads […]

February 27, 2015 11

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The Tale of George Washington’s Death Reveals He Was Probably NOT Christian

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Kevin Gutzman:"There is argument over the question exactly how devoid of Christian meaning we should see these kinds of terms as being. One way of understanding [George] Washington’s personal belief, I think, is to skip ahead to his death. His death scene became the grist of a very popular pamphlet. First they bled him. Then they blistered him. Then they gave him emetics. Of course, […]

February 25, 2015 4

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Founders Warned Us About Out-Of-Control Federal Judiciary

Interview with Dr. Kevin Gutzman - Judiciary System Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "This idea that lower-level federal court judges have no duty other than to enforce whatever the Supreme Court says, of course, reflects a long-standing argument among judges in the United States about what the relationship of other judges to the Supreme Court justices is. The most famous case involving this question is the 1816 case of Martin […]

February 23, 2015 7

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Gutzman/Church – Libertarians Don’t Care About Constitution, They Care About Outcomes

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript –Kevin Gutzman: Again, my exercise over this is not that I really think it’s that important actually. The bottom line is, what’s important is what this says about our system of government. I think, and I’ve made this analogy on this show before -- people may have thought I was being facetious but I really wasn’t. I think in our system, the Supreme Court justices’ role […]

February 18, 2015 13

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Linahan, Gutzman – Why Common Core Is Anathema To Federalism, Part 2

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Alice Linahan, who is also on the board of directors of the Women on the Wall Coalition is on the Dude Maker Hotline with us with Professor Kevin Gutzman. Kevin, what is your perspective on this? I know that you’re going to submit a one-page paper to help Alice with her testimony. You wanted to add to some of the narrative, so please, go […]

February 13, 2015 6