We Don't Appreciate The U.S. Constitution Enough

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🗓️ 23 June 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Ilan Wurman, law professor at University of Minnesota Law School and host of the podcast Rationally Based, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the common law tradition of birthright citizenship, the constitutional separation of powers, and the originalist versus "living constitution" debate in the buildup to America's semiquincentennial.

You can find Wurman's new book, The Constitution of 1789, here.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:22.4	I'm Matt Kittles, Senior Elections Correspondent at The Federalist,
0:26.4	and your experience Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.
0:31.1	As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.
0:35.9	Follow us on X at FDRLST. Make sure to subscribe wherever you
0:40.7	download your podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well.
0:45.7	Our guest today is Elon Worman, constitutional law scholar and Julius E. Davis
0:51.5	Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School,
0:54.9	he's also host of the new podcast, Rationally Based.
0:59.9	And he is the author of the new book, The Constitution of 1789, a new introduction.
1:08.2	Fitting to talk about as we are about to celebrate this exceptional nation's
1:13.7	250th birthday.
1:16.0	Elon, thank you so much for joining us in this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
1:19.4	Thank you so much for having me.
1:20.8	Really, really glad to be here.
1:22.2	Yeah.
1:22.6	No, we have much to discuss, of course.
1:24.7	The Constitution is not quite as old as this country, but it has been
1:30.3	put through a lot of battles like this country over the time span. We'll talk about that in
1:36.8	the moment. I wanted to begin specifically with something that aligns with the 14th Amendment,
1:43.6	and just how it aligns with the 14th Amendment. And just how it aligns with the 14th Amendment is
1:46.3	being debated. In fact, by the time the podcast airs, we could have a ruling from the U.S.
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