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Episode 24 | Welfare Fraud and the Constitution

June 25, 2026 5:00am 1:07

In this episode, our hosts — Kathryn Johnson and law professors Ilan Wurman and Joshua Kleinfeld — take on a topic that has taken the country by storm over the last several months: welfare fraud. They go over some legal ...

Episode 23 | When Law Firms Go Hard Left: Trump & the Law Firm EOs

June 18, 2026 5:00am 1:05

In this episode, Kathryn Johnson and law professors Ilan Wurman and Joshua Kleinfeld take on one of the most controversial actions of the Trump administration: executive orders targeting major law firms. Some legal schol...

Episode 22 | Judges vs. The People: The Latest Battles on Transgender Activism & Illegal Immigration

June 11, 2026 5:00am 1:11

In this episode, our hosts — Kathryn Johnson and law professors Ilan Wurman and Joshua Kleinfeld — examine the three latest examples of judicial power being used to block elected officials.  They cover Florida’s effort t...

Episode 21 | America's Disordered Cities

June 08, 2026 5:00am 51 min

In this special episode of Rationally BASED, our host, law professor Ilan Wurman, is joined by guest co-hosts Sanjana Friedman and Judge Glock. Both write about homelessness, public encampments, and other disorders in Am...

Episode 20 | Anti-Weaponization Fund – Tit-for-Tat or Unilateral Disarmament?

June 04, 2026 5:00am 1:07

Our hosts Kathryn Johnson, Joshua Kleinfeld, and Ilan Wurman break down the controversial new DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund. Is it legal? Is it justified? And after decades of Democrat “sue and settle” tactics, does it eve...

Episode 19 | Autocrat Judges: Israel's Warning for America

May 28, 2026 5:00am 1:28

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, are joined by guest co-host Joshua Kleinfeld, law professor at Scalia Law School at George Mason University, former professor at Northwestern, and a recent alum o...

Episode 18 | The Constitution of 1789

May 20, 2026 6:00am 47 min

In this special episode, our host gives a lecture at Stanford Law School on his new book, The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction. What caused the American Revolution? Why did we write down our constitutions? What t...

Episode 17 | Mandatory Detention Percolation

May 14, 2026 12:00pm 1:11

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, start off discussing the Virginia Redistricting case. What did the state supreme court hold? What is an "election"? Is there a federal question for the U.S. Supre...

Episode 17 | Mandatory Detention Percolation

May 14, 2026 6:00am 1:11

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, start off discussing the Virginia Redistricting case. What did the state supreme court hold? What is an "election"? Is there a federal question for the U.S. Supre...

Episode 16 | Dem Maxxing and the VRA

May 07, 2026 6:00am 1:01

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, cover everything Voting Rights Act in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Why was the Voting Rights Act enacted, and how does it...

Episode 15 | Alito and the Court

May 04, 2026 6:00am 59 min

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, get a full hour with Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist and author of the new New York Times bestseller, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supr...

Episode 14 | Constitutional Commandments

April 30, 2026 6:00am 1:04

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, revisit the issue of Trump's ballroom after the recent assassination attempt. Ilan sticks to his guns and thinks Congress has to approve the ballroom; Kathryn is ...

Episode 13 | Revenge of January 6

April 23, 2026 6:00am 1:07

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, take a deep dive into the ongoing January 6 lawfare, and particularly the civil lawsuit against President Trump brought by capitol police officers and lawmakers i...

Episode 12 | Judges Gone Wild

April 16, 2026 6:00am 1:08

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, rave about the Supreme Court's shadow docket. The shadow docket allows the Court quickly to rein in rogue district judges and their crazy opinions. Our hosts in p...

Episode 11 | Executive & Judicial Lawmaking

April 09, 2026 6:00am 1:06

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, explore a series of issues involving both executive and judicial "lawmaking." Would the President have the power to "wipe out" Iranian civilization without Congre...

Episode 10 | Election Day, Election Integrity

April 02, 2026 6:00am 1:02

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, devote their episode to election integrity and the meaning of "election day." Does a federal "election day" preempt state laws providing that ballots can still be...

EMERGENCY Episode 9.5 | Birthright Oral Argument

April 01, 2026 2:00pm 1:03

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, break down what they just heard at the Supreme Court oral argument over President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. They prognosticate on the result...

Episode 9 | Birthright Citizenship: The Deep Dive

March 26, 2026 6:00am 1:17

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, finally take their promised deep dive into the birthright citizenship case that the Supreme Court will hear next week. Ilan recently testified in Congress on the ...

Episode 8 | Asymmetrical Lawfare

March 19, 2026 6:00am 1:14

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, are joined by conservative law students at the podcast’s first ever live taping, at ASU. The hosts tackle one of the most important and controversial legal issues...

BONUS Episode 7.5 | Are District Courts a Threat to the Republic?

March 17, 2026 6:00am 27 min

In this bonus episode, our host, law professor Ilan Wurman, gives a talk to a conference of conservative law students on Trump vs. the courts. Are we in a constitutional crisis? Is it because the executive is disrespecti...

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