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The Family Dinner Table

The Family Dinner Table

By: Steve and Kim
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Kim and Steve, your hosts, discuss all the topics you shouldn’t bring up at family dinners — politics, law, immigration, religion, and the courts, just to name a few. So throw down your napkin and tune in.

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Political Science Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Due Process and A New Pope (These are mostly unrelated topics)
    May 19 2025

    Today we talk about the death of Pope Francis, may he rest in peace, and the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost to the papacy. We also discuss due process under the 5th and 14th Amendments.

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    48 mins
  • The First Amendment: What is the Trump Administration Playing At?
    Mar 15 2025

    The Department of Homeland Security is trying to remove (or "deport") a Columbia University student and green card holder, Mahmoud Khalil, without charging him with any crime. The apparent basis is Khalil's speaking out in favor of Palestinians. We discuss the First Amendment implications.

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    51 mins
  • The Health of Pope Francis, the First Amendment, and the Alabama Legislature
    Mar 9 2025

    Kim and Steve discuss the papacy during their lifetimes, the pastoral care of Pope Francis, the text of the First Amendment as it applies to religion, and an(other) unconstitutional bill pending in the Alabama legislature.

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    52 mins

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