web01.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 23:04:49 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “Rule Of Law” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/rule%20of%20law Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 3: Equals Under The Law https://circumscription.fireside.fm/3 d2d7f2ed-dc5a-4bbd-a306-3b95a74e963b Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with law professor Paul Gowder, about the rule of law in the U.S. 57:39 no <p><a href="https://gowder.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Paul Gowder</a> is Professor of Law at the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University, in Chicago. He's the author of several books, including <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Law-Real-World/dp/1316502023" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Rule of the Law in the Real World</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Law-United-States-Unfinished/dp/150995466X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Z5S15r9vNr5ZhFUKb2yZsO_P_412lbt4K9eWnVuNI5blKNrg6Cx_G7BWJZPP8-VIOkpHN5SsxTp_m6t2hckM-6I6PeSFyq5ojHNT70CT1E8.13xS4XB_qDeoAPfN19RNZU6G7v_d960u2wjfaATyG9s&amp;qid=1754075495&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation</a></em>. In this episode, we discuss the history and current status of the rule of law in the U.S., exploring connections to the historic struggle for Black Americans' civil and human rights</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/tuPI1-Gp_5s?si=9pVLgo0NfKSJ0tF2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--President Trump's May 4, 2025 appearance on NBC's <em>Meet the Press</em></a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Morgan_(slave)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia entry on Margaret Morgan</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia entry on Dred Scott</a><br> <a href="https://www.history.com/articles/fugitive-slave-acts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--history.com page on the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850</a><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/28sQyweAPRs?si=0YFyuw8zMd4_769u" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--PBS Frontline documentary "Trump's Power &amp; The Rule of Law"</a><br> <a href="https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"</a><br> <a href="http://netk.net.au/RuleOfLaw/Bingham1.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Lord Bingham's Sir David Williams Lecture: "The Rule of Law"</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Private-Truths-Public-Lies-Falsification/dp/0674707583" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification</em>, by Timur Kuran</a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Monsters of the Past," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Precisamos de um plano," by rui<br> --"Light Lab," by Rest You Sleeping Giant<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Paul Gowder.</p> rule of law, race, United States, democracy Paul Gowder is Professor of Law at the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University, in Chicago. He's the author of several books, including The Rule of the Law in the Real World, and The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation. In this episode, we discuss the history and current status of the rule of law in the U.S., exploring connections to the historic struggle for Black Americans' civil and human rights

OTHER LINKS
--President Trump's May 4, 2025 appearance on NBC's Meet the Press
--Wikipedia entry on Margaret Morgan
--Wikipedia entry on Dred Scott
--history.com page on the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850
--PBS Frontline documentary "Trump's Power & The Rule of Law"
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
--Lord Bingham's Sir David Williams Lecture: "The Rule of Law"
--Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification, by Timur Kuran

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Monsters of the Past," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Precisamos de um plano," by rui
--"Light Lab," by Rest You Sleeping Giant
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: Paul Gowder.

]]> Paul Gowder is Professor of Law at the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University, in Chicago. He's the author of several books, including The Rule of the Law in the Real World, and The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation. In this episode, we discuss the history and current status of the rule of law in the U.S., exploring connections to the historic struggle for Black Americans' civil and human rights

OTHER LINKS
--President Trump's May 4, 2025 appearance on NBC's Meet the Press
--Wikipedia entry on Margaret Morgan
--Wikipedia entry on Dred Scott
--history.com page on the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850
--PBS Frontline documentary "Trump's Power & The Rule of Law"
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
--Lord Bingham's Sir David Williams Lecture: "The Rule of Law"
--Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification, by Timur Kuran

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Monsters of the Past," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Precisamos de um plano," by rui
--"Light Lab," by Rest You Sleeping Giant
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: Paul Gowder.

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