Writing with quill pens, quartering Secret Service agents, and shooting 18th-century guns. A.J. Jacobs joins Sarah and David to discuss his book, It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family,and his experience living by the Constitution. But first, this podcast can’t escape a little bit of legal news, including a shocking decision by the Supreme Court.
The Agenda:
- SCOTUS blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule
- Focusing on culture war, not politics
- “Curtilage” and a 9th Circuit ruling
- Living by the Bible and then the Constitution
- Stoning adulterers
- Exploring the powers of private citizens
- Criteria for quartering soldiers
- How elastic should the words of the Constitution be?