Your Weekly Constitutional

Cue the bridesmaids! Find the groom! It's time for . . . Gay Marriage. Or is it? We'll discuss both sides of the issue Tuesday at 8PM. No gifts, please.

Part II of our two-part series features Knoxville attorney Wanda Sobieski telling the dramatic story of the final ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee.

Few people would argue the point today, but many people argued about it prior to 1920. We'll speak with Knoxville attorney Wanda Sobieski about the fight for women's suffrage, including the dramatic story of the final ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee.

The Olympics! The Olympics of constitutional competitions, that is: the We the People National Finals in Washington, DC, where the best teams from all 50 states recently competed for glory. Our most exciting episode to date!

Does Intelligent Design belong in public school biology classes? What is "Intelligent Design" anyway? And how does it relate to evolution? And what does the Constitution have to say about it?

We'll talk to one of the lawyers who argued the famous Dover v. Kitzmiller case, in which this very issue was put to the test. It was the second great "Monkey Trial," and this time, a federal court decided that . . . . well, you'll just have to listen to find out.

You've probably heard variations on the term "strict constructionism," typically when a politician calls himself a "strict constructionist." But what, precisely, do these terms mean? Do they provide a roadmap to interpreting the Constitution? Or are they just labels that - strictly speaking - don't mean much?

It turns out that the answer is not so simple. Indeed, over the past couple of centuries, "strict constructionism" has meant different things at different times and to different people. Good thing that we've got Joe Lane, Chair of the Political Science Department at Emory & Henry College, to explain it all to us.

Somebody had to. We talk to Richard Beeman, author of the best-selling book "Plain Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution."

A bunch of people in black robes. Who are those guys? We'll discuss judicial activism.

When an irresistible state collides with an immovable federal government, somethin's gotta give.

Is your home your castle or some corporation's next office park?