Writing with quill pens, quartering Secret Service agents, and shooting 18th-century guns. A.J. Jacobs joins Sarah and David to discuss his book, It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family,and his experience living by the Constitution. But first, this podcast can’t escape a little bit of legal news, including a shocking decision by the Supreme Court.
The Agenda:
—SCOTUS blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule
—Focusing on culture war, not politics
—“Curtilage” and a 9th Circuit ruling
—Living by the Bible and then the Constitution
—Stoning adulterers
—Exploring the powers of private citizens
—Criteria for quartering soldiers
—How elastic should the words of the Constitution be?
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