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Exploring the US Constitution with a critical eye looking forward and back with author, lawyer, and syndicated columnist William Cooper and Pulitzer Prize-winning American legal historian Ed Larson.

Ed: law.pepperdine.edu/faculty-research/edward-larson

Will: will-cooper.com

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We discuss the legendary legal scholar's new The New York Times opinion piece,

By Week's End, Trump's War Will Be Plainly Illegal. We also hear about his new book, Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times.

A wonderful conversation with the Dean of UC Berkeley Law.

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We discuss the legendary legal scholar's new The New York Times opinion piece,

By Week's End, Trump's War Will Be Plainly Illegal. We also hear about his new book, Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times.

A wonderful conversation with the Dean of UC Berkeley Law.