Unbiased University: Everything You Need to Know About Separation of Church and State and Due Process

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

Education

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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UNBIASED University is in session! While Jordan is on maternity leave, she’s breaking down the most critical aspects of the United States government — the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the three branches of the federal government, presidential elections, the evolution of political parties, and more. In this episode of UNBIASED Politics, we explore two foundational constitutional principles that continue to shape major legal and political debates: separation of church and state and due process. What does the First Amendment actually require when it comes to religion in public life, and how have courts interpreted the boundaries between government and faith? We break down the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, examining how the Supreme Court has navigated issues involving public schools, religious expression, and government funding. We also take a deep dive into due process, the constitutional guarantee that the government must follow fair procedures and respect certain fundamental rights before depriving someone of life, liberty, or property. From procedural protections in courtrooms to broader questions about substantive rights, this episode provides a clear, nonpartisan explanation of how these doctrines developed and why they remain central to constitutional law today. Separation of Church and State (3:17) Due Process (~25:10) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. ⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome back to unbiased your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis
0:35.8	welcome back to unbiased politics and to the Unbiased University series.
0:41.6	In today's episode, we are going to be covering two constitutional topics that we hear about
0:46.1	all the time in politics and political debate.
0:50.0	And those are separation of church and state and due process.
0:57.9	These two ideas show up constantly in the news, whether we're talking about schools, religion, bodily autonomy, whatever it is.
1:04.1	And understanding them is critical if you want to understand how the constitution actually works in practice. So today we're going to
1:13.2	break down each concept the same way that we've done in previous episodes. And we'll talk about,
1:17.5	you know, not only what the Constitution actually says about these concepts, but also why
1:22.1	the framers cared about including these concepts, how they've evolved over time, and how the Supreme Court applies
1:29.0	them today. Because as we've learned in the last few episodes, the Supreme Court plays a
1:34.1	major, major, major role in interpreting the Constitution. It is how we go from this founding document
1:41.2	that really didn't include much, okay, it included our basic rights and like
1:48.0	the basic rules for how our government was to function. But the Supreme Court is what has told us
1:54.1	over the last 230 years or so how the Constitution actually applies. Now, up until this point, we have covered the Constitution
2:03.5	itself. We've also covered the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, otherwise known as the
2:08.8	Bill of Rights. And we've done that in pretty significant detail. If you have not yet listened to
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