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Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Cooke

Greenland, Guns, and Money

Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Cooke

The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin

Politics, News, History, Government

4.8704 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Can a U.S. president buy — or even invade — Greenland? Can he tear up treaties, fire a member of the Federal Reserve, and still stay within the Constitution? And who actually decides what “fairness” means in women’s sports?In this wide-ranging Law Talk episode, Richard Epstein, John Yoo, and Charles C.W. Cooke debate Trump’s Greenland gambit, the limits of presidential war powers, treaty termination, NATO, transgender athletes and Title IX, Hawaii’s attempt to criminalize gun carry on private property, and whether the Supreme Court is about to blink when it comes to the independence of the Federal Reserve.Then, what starts out as a theoretical discussion quickly turns into a no-holds-barred debate about the unitary executive, impeachment, property rights, constitutional “prescription,” and whether modern government is compatible with the Constitution as written. Buckle up.

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0:00.0

Well, I always went by default. Charles, you have to shut up your camera, otherwise I'll sneer at you.

0:04.5

But I won't see it.

0:12.5

Welcome to Law Talk. I am Charles C.W. Cook, the host, and I'm here, of course, with Richard Epstein and John U.

0:23.9

This is a production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

0:30.7

Richard and John, welcome to the show.

0:34.1

Well, it's good to be here even with John.

0:37.1

Hey, I'm in Texas.

0:39.4

Someone saved me.

0:41.1

Yeah.

0:41.4

You're a Civitas baby today?

0:44.1

Uh-huh.

0:44.8

All semester.

0:46.3

All semester.

0:47.2

I love it.

0:47.7

I wish I could be there with you.

0:49.2

Well, where you are not.

0:52.2

I'm in White Plains, New York.

0:56.0

And not in Greenland. At least not yet.

0:58.0

I may be exiled there by the Trump administration.

1:01.0

You may.

1:02.0

You may.

1:03.0

And in fact, we can ask about the legality of that.

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