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Stay Tuned with Preet

The Changing State of Church and State (with Noah Feldman)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Noah Feldman is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University where he focuses on constitutional law. He joins Preet to discuss recent laws that test the constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state in the U.S., his experience helping craft Iraq’s first democratic constitution two decades ago, and the urgency of regulating AI tools like Chat GPT.       Plus, why is Rep. Jim Jordan compelling Mark Pomerantz to testify before Congress? And why is there so much concern over the Supreme Court potentially overturning an 1984 decision called Chevron v. NRDC? Don’t miss the Insider bonus, where Preet and Feldman discuss his experience testifying at the public hearings for Donald Trump’s first impeachment. To listen, try the membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-changing-state-of-church-and-state-with-noah-feldman/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #AskPreet, email us your questions and comments at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.

0:06.0

I'm Preet Bharara.

0:08.0

The Justices are going to have to decide where is the line, because if you know they can make you have the 10 Commandments,

0:13.0

can they also make you pray again? Is school prayer going to be back on the table? Well that will be the next thing.

0:23.0

That's Noah Feldman.

0:25.0

He's the Felix Frankfurt, a professor of law at Harvard University, and a prominent legal scholar of constitutional law.

0:31.0

At a time when the separation of church and state is being vigorously tested in states across the country,

0:36.0

there's arguably no one better to explain their current state of play than Feldman.

0:40.0

He has written extensively on the relationship between government and religion and authored the 2005 book, divided by God, America's church state problem, and what we should do about it.

0:51.0

I speak with Professor Feldman about why he believes we're at a pivotal moment in the separation of church and state in America.

0:57.0

His experience helping craft Iraq's first democratic constitution two decades ago, and the urgency of regulating AI tools like Chad Gbt.

1:05.0

That's coming up. Stay tuned.

1:08.0

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Now let's get to your questions.

2:20.0

Hi, this is Larry from West Hartford, Connecticut. My question is, why is representative Jim Jordan so eager to depose Mark Pomeranth?

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