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Stay Tuned with Preet

Gunning for the 2nd Amendment? (with Michael Waldman)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.832.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, "Gunning for the 2nd Amendment?," host Preet Bharara answers your questions about: -- Obstruction of justice and whether unlawful underlying conduct is necessary to bring a case -- The ICE raids that have resulted in the arrests of hundreds of undocumented workers, but no charges against the businesses -- Attorney-client privilege, and whether it survives the death of a client -- Going to law school and changing careers Michael Waldman, the President of the Brennan Center at NYU Law School, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation about the Second Amendment, gun control, voting rights, and the craft of speechwriting. [Interview begins 13 minutes into the episode] Bonus clips from the interview are available for members of the CAFE Insider community. You can listen to today’s episode on the player of your choice or here. To receive episode references and supplemental materials show notes, sign up at cafe.com/preet. We'll deliver them right to your inbox. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:55.9

From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tune. I'm Pete Barara. They had rights and they balanced

1:02.3

it with security and safety. That's a pretty good principle to keep up with, but it's really

1:06.7

hard to draw lasting lessons from these long ago debates that they had. One hopes never

1:12.3

to use them, but one loved to possess arms. The argument that the Second Amendment reflected

1:18.3

not what judges and scholars had thought for two centuries that it meant, which was the

1:23.8

militias and this collective right. The people who started arguing just about 30 years ago

1:29.9

and that, no, no, no, this is an individual right, they went back and they kind of ransacked

1:34.3

the history. That's Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice. He's the

1:40.6

author of several books over the years that speak to where we are right now, including

1:44.6

a biography of the Second Amendment, a collection of presidential rhetoric, and a history of voting

1:49.3

rights in America. Before that, he wrote speeches for President Bill Clinton. Michael and

1:54.6

I discuss what the founders and the Supreme Court say about the right to bear arms, the

1:58.3

rise of the NRA as a political force, and voter fraud, who are lack thereof. But first,

2:04.7

let's get to your questions. That's coming up, Stay Tune.

2:11.6

As a dad, I understand it can be challenging to talk to your kids about gun violence. You

2:16.2

want them to feel safe and you also want to make sure they understand what's going on.

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