This week, we talk about the vital role of lawyers in our criminal and civil justice systems through the Sixth and Seventh Amendments. We try not to make lawyer jokes (and fail). If you've ever wondered what is the difference between criminal and civil law: this one is for you.

00:00:30 The Bill of Rights and Lawyers: Amendment 6 and 7

00:01:05 I try not to make lawyer jokes

00:01: 39 Lawyers were “ambulance chasers” because they protected you from insurance companies

00:02:26 Clarence Darrow and the Cook County Jail Speech

00:03:00 What does the Sixth Amendment Say

00:03:30 How are criminal and civil law different?

00:04:30 The burden of proof is different, and that matters

00:05:01 The government can’t keep secrets from you about the allegations against you

00:05:42 Changes of venue tick people off see Enron and Rodney King Jury trials are a part of social justice through the criminal justice system. Messing with them undermines the system.

00:06:18 Most cases never go to trial

00:07:42 Public Defenders and Gideon v Wainwright

00:09:25 Gideon says lawyers are not a luxury, they are mandatory

00:10:27 What does the Seventh Amendment say?

00:11:40 What is Civil Gideon?

00:12:04 Next week the 9th and 10th Amendments!

00:12:30 Thank you!

This week, we take a look at the Fifth and Eighth Amendments to the US Constitution and ask: what is due process? What does double jeopardy mean? And when do your Fifth Amendment rights apply? Come and nerd out about due process: your biggest protections from the federal government!

00:00:30 What is the Bill of Rights

00:01:17 Civil Liberties and what is Due Process

00:01:41 The Fifth Amendment

00:02:46 What does due process require

00:03:00 What are grand juries?

00:04:00 What is double jeopardy?

00:05:30 What is the burden of proof?

00:05:51 What does it mean to “plead the Fifth”?

00:07:00 When does custodial interrogation start?

00:07:30 AI data centers and the future of eminent domain

00:08:30 What does the Eighth Amendment say?

00:09:41 To spot legal inequality look at how different groups are treated differently (see also: the Epstein Files)

00:12:00 Thank you!

In this episode we look at the long and winding history of the Fourth Amendment, why the Federalists were against a Bill of Rights, and how the Fourth Amendment has been interpreted differently over time. Ever wonder what the Patriot Act did to civil liberties or whether the Fourth Amendment covers you in your car (sort of!), then let's go.

00:00:33 Intro to the Bill of Rights and Due Process

00:01:24 What the Fourth Amendment Says

00:02:54 Why the Federalists Opposed a Bill of Rights

00:05:10 Check out UW Madison Center for the Study of the American Constitution

00:06:21 The Supreme Court and limits on the Fourth Amendment and the Castle Doctrine

00:06:59 Key Fourth Amendment Cases

00:07:22 Olmstead v US, wire tapping, Nardone v US, and fruit of the poison tree

00:0810 Katz v US and Carpenter: What/Who is Covered in Privacy?

00:10:07 What about warrants and public? Thornton v Caldor and land rights

00:11:37 Probably Cause, Warrants, Terry Stops (Terry v Ohio), and Mapp v Ohio

00:12:54 Details of Mapp v Ohio and Selective Incorporation

00:14:10 Terry Stops and the early “stop and frisk” questions

00:14:54 The Patriot Act and erosion of civil liberties

00:18:43 Conclusion

00:19:19 Thanks!