Can states refuse to enforce federal laws they consider unconstitutional? From South Carolina's Nullification Crisis of 1832 to today's sanctuary cities, the question remains relevant. 🎧 Listen now: tinyurl.com/2b6x8zmc

This Wednesday: the Nullification Crisis, then and now - subscribe at the link below and don't miss this timely episode. rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

America was born in revolution and also in debt. Jeff Sikkenga and former Fed and FDIC official John Popeo on the national bank, the Federal Reserve, and why an independent central bank is always political. rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

Jeff is joined by Jonathan Turley to discuss the revolutionary roots of America, and how a few key distinctions between our revolution and that of France kept America from devouring itself, as so many revolutions do. Listen: rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

Bonus episode this week! Don't miss Jonathan Turley as he and Jeff discuss his new book, and the role of rage and revolutionary ideas and impulses in American history. Subscribe: rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

Hamilton admitted the Supreme Court would strike down laws. He just called it the least dangerous branch. Jackson, Lincoln, and Marshall himself disagreed that the Court gets the last word on the Constitution. Listen: tinyurl.com/48rtp5v5

The Supreme Court has long been accepted as the final say over questions of constitutionality - but is that how the Founders intended it? In this week's episode, we examine the USSC and the evolution of judicial review. Subscribe and don't miss it - rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

New episode: historian Ryan Cole on Lafayette's return to America in 1824, forty years after helping win the Revolution. He visited all 24 states and reminded Americans that their work was not yet done. tinyurl.com/3kyth4wv

In 1824, an aging French general returned to the country he had helped free 40 years earlier. All 24 states turned out to greet him. Historian Ryan Cole joins Jeff Sikkenga on Lafayette's last American tour. Coming this week: linktr.ee/theamericanidea

In July 1787, while Philadelphia debated the Constitution, Congress quietly settled what the new nation would do with the West. Historian Peter Onuf joins Jeff Sikkenga on the Northwest Ordinance, the founding document almost nobody learned about. rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

Summer 1787, as delegates debated a new government, the existing one produced a law that shaped not only the Northwest Territory, but set the stage for widespread land ownership, equal treatment of new states, and the fight against slavery. Subscribe: linktr.ee/theamericanidea

Bonus episode: Young Washington puts the future president on screen at his lowest, defeated at Fort Necessity. One of the scholars who reviewed the script tells us what the film got right, what it invented, and why a portrait beats a photograph. Listen: tinyurl.com/nvxfruwf

BONUS EPISODE this week: Young Washington puts our first president on screen, defeat at Fort Necessity and all. One of the scholars who reviewed the script tells us what it got right, what it invented, and why a portrait beats a photograph. Subscribe: linktr.ee/theamericanidea

New episode: George Washington had a bad temper, thin skin, and a habit of walking away from power that baffled Europe. Stephen Knott on the character of America's first citizen. Listen now: rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

George Washington gave up power three times when he could have kept it. The Newburgh Conspiracy. His sword, handed back to Congress in 1783. The presidency, after two terms. Steven Knott joins Cara Rogers Stevens on The American Idea. linktr.ee/theamericanidea

The founders chose a republic when nearly all of history said republics fail. What did they see that we've forgotten? New episode of The American Idea is live. Professor James Stoner on why America bet everything on self-government. Listen now: rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

In 1776, monarchy was the default form of government across the Western world. Republics were assumed to fail. So why did the founders stake everything on one? New episode of The American Idea drops Wednesday. rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…

Gridlock isn't a bug. Madison built it in. The real danger? Turning every local question into a national war. Federalist 10, factions, and human nature — the new episode of The American Idea is out now.

Everyone hates gridlock. Madison designed for it. This Wednesday on The American Idea: Federalist 10, factions, and the case for a sober view of human nature. New episode drops on 15 July. Subscribe: linktr.ee/theamericanidea

250 years ago today, Americans declared not just independence but the reasons for it. On this Fourth of July, revisit The American Idea with Jeff Sikkenga and Dr. Jason Stevens on what the Declaration still asks of us. Listen: rss.com/podcasts/amideapodca…