We are a radio show about interesting and controversial issues in constitutional law produced in partnership with the Home of the Constitution, James Madison's Montpelier. We broadcast each Sunday at 3:00 PM on WETS-FM, the NPR affiliate in Johnson City, Tennessee and at 7:00 PM on WVTF's RADIO IQ Network throughout Central and Southwest Virginia. Our website is http://center.montpelier.org/ywc. You can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/YourWeekly. And, of course, we have a Facebook page: http://facebook.com/Your.Weekly.Constitutional. Thanks for listening.
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We are a radio show about interesting and controversial issues in constitutional law produced in partnership with the Home of the Constitution, James Madison's Montpelier. We broadcast each Sunday at 3:00 PM on WETS-FM, the NPR affiliate in Johnson City, Tennessee and at 7:00 PM on WVTF's RADIO IQ Network throughout Central and Southwest Virginia. Our website is http://center.montpelier.org/ywc. You can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/YourWeekly. And, of course, we have a Facebook page: http://facebook.com/Your.Weekly.Constitutional. Thanks for listening.
“Domestic terrorism” has been in the news a lot lately. Many of the mass shootings we’ve recently experienced seem to have been motivated, at least in part, by white supremacist ideology, perhaps with the intent to provoke widespread terror. This has prompted at least one proposal in Congress to create a domestic terrorism statute mirroring laws already in place to fight international terrorism.
Doug McKechnie, our First Amendment Guy, discusses some of the constitutional issues such a statute would create, including not only concerns about free speech and association, but also about wiretaps and other forms of government surveillance.
And, anyway, are such laws even necessary? Aren’t there already statutes on the books that criminalize murder, assault, damage to property, and conspiracy? Is this a road we want to go down?
Your Weekly Constitutional
We are a radio show about interesting and controversial issues in constitutional law produced in partnership with the Home of the Constitution, James Madison's Montpelier. We broadcast each Sunday at 3:00 PM on WETS-FM, the NPR affiliate in Johnson City, Tennessee and at 7:00 PM on WVTF's RADIO IQ Network throughout Central and Southwest Virginia. Our website is http://center.montpelier.org/ywc. You can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/YourWeekly. And, of course, we have a Facebook page: http://facebook.com/Your.Weekly.Constitutional. Thanks for listening.
