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The Michael Steele Podcast

Quick Take: The Intersection of Faith and Politics

The Michael Steele Podcast

Two Squared Media

Politics, News, History, Government

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Michael speaks with The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal about his new book, "Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution." The pair discuss how the meaning behind amendments have evolved, Ketanji Brown Jackson's influence on the court, how cancel culture fits into the First Amendment, and who the constitution benefits today.

Check out the book here: https://thenewpress.com/books/allow-me-retort

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because

0:05.4

I'm a bit for homebody and I love a 5th but I think it's just the holiday period.

0:10.2

It's just for me it's the most romantic period and I think anyone who's listened to my

0:15.5

records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

0:18.8

Join in every sip with Red Cups now Back at Starbucks.

0:34.5

Hey Michael Steel Podcast listeners, Michael Steel here with another quick take from the

0:38.6

Michael Steel Podcast.

0:40.4

Check out what's going on right now.

0:43.2

Everybody welcome back to the Michael Steel Podcast.

0:48.0

Those of you who've never been to Con Law classes, you're getting a little taste of what

0:53.7

a good Con Law class is like.

0:57.4

When you have a good professor who's not only knowledgeable and insightful but willing

1:02.0

to sort of yank your chain and give you some chain to work with, it's all good.

1:07.2

That's my man, Ellie Mustal.

1:09.2

So, Ellie, where we had a lot of fun actually was when you talked in the chapter, bigotry

1:22.9

is illegal even if you've been ordered to by Jesus.

1:30.1

So I want to get, and I'm going to try very hard not to get too law schoolish here and

1:36.2

to lawyers going back and forth because you have a clear, I was a corporate guy.

1:43.6

So you know where my ultimate interest were going to lie.

1:47.4

So my wife can have a conversation about structured products.

1:50.7

There we go.

1:51.7

There we go.

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