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Constitution Thursday - The Delegates
Constitution Thursday - May 28, 2015 16:55 - application/pdf ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA compiled Biography of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
The Spin Doctors
Constitution Thursday - May 27, 2015 22:28 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Convention finally gets underway. First things first, rules have to be established and agreed upon. Then the business of reforming the Government can get rolling. The first presentations take on the problems the nation confronts, including the biggest danger facing America. The local Newspa...
John Dickinson Saves Delaware
Constitution Thursday - May 21, 2015 17:49 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo say that General Washington was angry would have been the understatement of the century. He was as close to losing his legendary cool as he had been since the war ended, and with his personal reputation on the line, he circulated the parties and dinners of Philadelphia's social network. He fac...
Daniel St. Thomas Jennifer
Constitution Thursday - May 14, 2015 16:55 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday, May 14th is the 228th Anniversary of the Date set for the Constitutional Convention to begin in Philadelphia. The American Democracy, founded on the ideas of the God given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, was now on trial before the entire world. Anxious empires await...
The Snowden Problem
Constitution Thursday - May 07, 2015 19:40 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe 2nd Court of Appeals rules that the NSA exceeded its authority and the Patriot Act by the collection of Metadata. But the problem of Edward Snowden remains...
Gay Marriage Bans and the 14th Amendment
Constitution Thursday - April 30, 2015 16:43 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA Constitution Thursday look at the 14th Amendments protections of "privileges and immunities" and how that enters into the arguments for and against bans on gay marriage
War for Constitutional Purposes
Constitution Thursday - April 23, 2015 15:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs the nation awaits the Court Martial of Bowe Bergdahl, the question of his guilt seems obvious, but is it in light of the Constitution, the War Powers Resolution and the more than 130 times it has been used to establish precedents about what is "war for Constitutional purposes?"
Reasonble Mistake?
Constitution Thursday - April 18, 2015 18:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA man is stopped for a broken taillight in a place where it is not illegal to have a broken taillight... from there things go down hill fast. What happens when a Police Officer makes a "reasonable error" in enforcing a law that doesn't actually exist as the basis for a search and seizure? And sho...
The Espionage Act of 1917
Constitution Thursday - April 16, 2015 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings"On this day, Yom Hashoah, we recall the millions who died as a result of a legal process and we ask the question, could such things ever happen here in the United States? The Espionage Act of 1917 was used to silence opposition to the Governments policy of War with Germany. In 1799 the Alien an...
The (Very) Liberal Hsistory of the RFRA
Constitution Thursday - April 02, 2015 20:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings"In Indiana, controversy reigns over the State's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with accusations flying that it will allow rampant discrimination against gay people. So why did Indiana feel the need to pass such a law in the first place? What was it that compelled a Democrat Party controlled ...
The Regulators
Constitution Thursday - March 19, 2015 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsTwo rebellions, the first in the 1760 and the second in the 1780’s lead to the Constitutional ideas of Establishing Justice and Insuring Domestic Tranquility
Boomer Sooner
Constitution Thursday - March 12, 2015 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings"The 1st Amendment protects citizens from the government when they exercise their speech and press rights. So was it “free speech” or “creating a hostile learning environment,” when the President of the University of Oklahoma expelled two students for what they sang on a bus? And when a local man...
The Common Defense
Constitution Thursday - March 03, 2015 01:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe the People ordained and established the Constitution in order to provide "for the common defense." In doing so, the debate was sparked over what was needed for that defense, and whether or not there any actual threats to the United States. How would the power of taxation, given to the propose...
Titles of Nobility
Constitution Thursday - February 26, 2015 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings"What is the opposite of ""slavery?"" It's not actually ""freedom."" The Founders weren't fighting for freedom, they fought for Liberty. So what is the difference? The prohibitions contained in the Constitution allowed for the abolition of all forms of slavery, by prohibiting ex post facto laws...
America on the Brink
Constitution Thursday - February 19, 2015 20:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsBy 1786, the United States were on the brink of utter destruction as a nation. The government had no way to raise money, no way top defend the borders and no way to protect individual rights. Armed insurrection was a real threat, and armed invaders stood ready to pounce on whatever was left. The ...
Drawn Swords
Constitution Thursday - June 28, 2014 20:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn Yuba City, a Sikh man is told that he cannot serve as a juror as long as he refuses to remove his kirpan, a symbol of deep meaning and religious devotion to baptized Sikhs. This raises the question: Is there a "right" to serve on a Jury?" Does the need for public safety outweigh religious free...
The Supreme Rules
Constitution Thursday - June 28, 2014 20:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Supreme Court issues several rulings in which the LPOV crew are particularly interested, including search warrants for cell phones, free speech and religion and the Recess Appointments made by the President.
An Anonymous Tip
Constitution Thursday - June 13, 2014 20:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe LPOV takes the show on the road to the VFW Hall in Turlock to have the show in front of a live audience. An anonymous tip leads the stopping, searching and subsequent arrest of two men in California. Later the Supreme Court will take up the question as to whether or not an anonymous tip is s...
The Bug Out Bag
Constitution Thursday - April 28, 2014 20:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAfter a two year investigation, the Kaleys found themselves essentially destitute when the Government indicted them and froze all of their assets. The resulting case asked the question as to whether or not an ex parteforfeiture order based on the Grand Jury’s actions violates the 6th Amendments p...
The Bug Out Bag (Alternate UnAired Version)
Constitution Thursday - April 28, 2014 20:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this version, which features several extended moments in the first segment of silence from Chattroom Jeff who’s microphone failed to record, resulting in the canonical version presented above, the LPOV takes a different tack on the Kaley case and discusses what exactly is “effective” counsel?
Quid Pro Corruption and Its Appearance
Constitution Thursday - April 22, 2014 20:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsDoes money donated to a political candidate or cause equal free speech? The McCutcheon ruling from the Supreme Court opens a lot of questions and great argument between Pat and Jeff about whether or not money is speech and what - if anything - can be done to limit its corruptive influence. Dave,...
I Don't Like Mondays
Constitution Thursday - April 13, 2014 20:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIs there such as thing as "reasonable restriction" on gun ownership? Dave, Pat & Jeff look at the restrictions on the 2nd Amendment
Four Dead in Ohio
Constitution Thursday - April 11, 2014 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsOn May 4, 1970, the nation was shocked by the Kent State Shooting. Dave asks the question, how do we as a free society - or any free society - move from a belief in the freedoms protected by the 1st Amendment to the reality of placing (in some cases) severe limits on those freedoms. Dave, Pat and...
Buzz Brockaway
Constitution Thursday - March 18, 2014 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsLed by the State Legislature of Georgia, the calls for an Article V Convention are becoming more and more common, but is such a State called Constitutional Convention even possible today? And even if it happened, would it accomplish anything? And if the problems are obvious, why did the Framers e...
U.S. v U.S.
Constitution Thursday - March 18, 2014 20:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIRS official Lois Lerner goes to Congress again in the investigation of the IRS scandal, and she takes the 5th Amendment. But can a Government Official, presumably acting in the name of the Government, claim that the Government is not going to cooperate with the Government when the Government is ...
When Is "Reasonable?"
Constitution Thursday - March 03, 2014 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn Los Angeles, a man is suspected of several crimes. When the Police reach his apartment and knock, a woman answers the door and gives the LAPD permission to enter, even as he shouts that they cannot. Previous rulings hold that the Police can enter under that circumstance, but that's when things...
Good Moral Character
Constitution Thursday - March 02, 2014 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Peruta ruling on the California Law requiring a person to “show good cause” has a great deal of local impact as one local Sheriff requires “good moral character” in addition to showing good cause. Dave, Jeff and Pat on the 2nd Amendment and the ruling
The Insane Clown Posse
Constitution Thursday - January 14, 2014 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsFree Speech -Members of The Insane Clown Posse and their fans file a lawsuit alleging violations of their 1st Amendment rights to be jerks. Or something like that, anyway. The backdrop is the "firing” and rapid "un-firing” of Phil Robertson after he expressed his own opinions. Dave, Pat and Jeff ...
Mt. Soledad
Constitution Thursday - December 14, 2013 20:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings1st Amendment Establishment of Religion - When a long standing monument is accused of being an establishment of religion, the court cases start flying and the counter accusations begin to mount up. Dave, Pat and Jeff look at The 1st Amendment and Religion
NSA: The Only Part of the Government that Actually Listens
Constitution Thursday - November 09, 2013 20:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings1st Amendment Introduction - The NSA might be the only Department in the Government that actually listens to the people, but they have absolutely no sense of humor about it at all. Does the 1st Amendment give us the right to make fun of them? Dave, John , Pat the Lawyer and Chatroom Jeff kick off...
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