Richard Epstein on the Constitution

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🗓️ 20 May 2013

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Richard Epstein of New York University and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the U.S. Constitution. Topics covered in this wide-ranging conversation include how the interpretation of the Constitution has changed over time, the relationship between state and federal power, judicial activism, the increasing importance of administrative agencies' regulatory power, and political influences on the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:11.0	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find links
0:16.3	and other information related to today's conversation.
0:19.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:23.3	back to 2006.
0:25.4	Our email address ismailodycontalk.org.
0:28.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:29.8	Today is May 3rd, 2013, and my guest is Richard Epstein.
0:37.6	The Lawrence A. Tish Professor of Law at New York University, the James Parker Hall Distinguished
0:42.1	Service Professor of Law, Meredith, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago,
0:46.8	and the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:51.5	He's the author of numerous books.
0:52.9	His newest is the classical liberal constitution, the uncertain quest for a limited government,
0:57.9	which is coming out this fall.
0:59.4	Richard, welcome back to Econ Talk.
1:02.1	It's always great to be here.
1:03.7	Our topic for today is the Constitution, and I want to start with a very broad overview.
1:08.6	How has the role of the Constitution changed the United States since the founding?
1:12.8	How is our understanding of it evolved good and bad?
1:15.4	And that, of course, we could spend seven or eight hours on, but why don't you open
1:19.2	us up with a general overview of the biggest trends?
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