Your Weekly Constitutional

Grab your lunchboxes -- we're goin' on a field trip! This episode is devoted to the recent Virginia We the People State Finals, the climactic culmination of a constitutional competition run by our own Quiz Lady, Kelly Carmichael.

Does the Constitution have anything to say about whether Muslims can build an Islamic community center within a few blocks of Ground Zero?

First in war, first in peace, first in . . . writing the Constitution? Professor Jeffry Morrison will discuss the one "indispensable man" of the Constitutional Convention: George Washington. Also joining us: ASL student Joannie Burroughs.

Is secession constitutional? Wait -- wasn't that question settled in 1865? Perhaps not: Recent statements by some states' rights advocates make it strangely timely today. We'll hear from two attorneys: Kent Masterson Brown and Robert Black. Also joining us will be ASL students LaTri-c-ea McClendon and Chris Menerick.

We'll talk to Kevin Barksdale, who wrote a great book about the mostly-forgotten attempt to create a 14th state in the 1780's, before we had a real Constitution. We'll also visit the Tipton-Haynes Historic Site, where the fight over the State of Franklin erupted into battle.