Episodes
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Biden’s Green Fantasia
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Richard Epstein parses the wave of energy and environmental policies introduced in the early days of the Biden Administration, from the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline to rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement to an emphasis on renewable energy and the potential of green jobs.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
The Biden Administration Veers Left
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes a raft of progressive policies coming out of the new Biden Administration on everything from energy to COVID to immigration to gun control.
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Impeachment A-Z
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Richard Epstein provides in-depth legal analysis of the 25th Amendment, the impeachment count against President Trump, the ability of Congress to bar a president from future office, and the legality of impeaching a president after he’s departed office.
Friday Jan 08, 2021
The Last Days of Donald Trump
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Richard Epstein analyzes the dramatic events of the last week through a legal prism: Did Congress really have the power to object to the electoral vote? Should President Trump be removed from office in light of the assault on the capitol? Does the prospect of President Trump pardoning himself call into question the breadth of the pardon power? Plus, a look back at the consequences of the 2016 Presidential election in which Professor Epstein finds himself in the rare position of finding a question too difficult to answer.