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Are we a nation of laws or ruled by judges?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Does a court ruling settle what the Constitution means? Judicial supremacy raises questions about jury trials, agency powers, eminent domain, and gun rights. At stake is whether judges interpret the nation’s highest law within constitutional limits or wield authority that undermines the rule of law...
Elizabeth Holmes and the investors who failed to question
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Elizabeth Holmes’s downfall raises questions about the investors and celebrated directors who backed Theranos. Examining John Tamny’s defense, physician Randall S. Bock weighs entrepreneurial risk against fraud, challenges selective blame, and argues that investor responsibility cannot erase patients’ need for accurate, reliable diagnostic test results...
Jeremy Harrell’s VA benefits case deserves Trump’s attention
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Jeremy Harrell’s plea for clemency raises questions about VA disability benefits, unpaid service, and employability. The Army veteran says helping fellow veterans gives him purpose despite PTSD. His conviction and request for a presidential pardon put the distinction between volunteering and sustaining employment in focus...
Medical kidnapping: Who protects families from the system?
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Parents who question medical treatment can face consequences far beyond the exam room. Spike Cohen calls for accountability in child welfare cases, while the debate centers on informed consent, independent medical evidence, and due process safeguards that protect children without overriding families’ rights and choices...
Can Colorado exclude Catholic preschools from funding?
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Catholic preschools challenge Colorado’s funding rules, arguing that secular exemptions undermine the state’s claim of equal treatment. The Supreme Court dispute tests whether access to public preschool funds can depend on admissions policies that conflict with religious beliefs about marriage, sexuality, and Catholic school identity...
Accountability for whom? The powerful escape while others pay
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Accountability means more than imposing fines or announcing investigations. It requires identifying who breaks the law, who bears the consequences, and whether those harmed receive justice. Corporate privacy violations, sensational media coverage, partisan inquiries, and government abuses raise questions about how fairly the law applies...
The COVID doctor facing 50 years in prison
The Tenpenny Files – Dr. Ron Elfenbein challenges a federal healthcare fraud prosecution he believes is retaliation for criticizing COVID treatment restrictions. As he prepares for another trial, he discusses disputed billing practices, medical organizations’ support, and the personal cost of defending his work during the pandemic in court...
The justices are back, and the swamp is waiting
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The court agreed to hear cases on the federal ban on home distilling and whether Colorado can restrict a government pre-school program based on a group's religious beliefs. More on those as they move through the court’s docket. I guess the justices may be back in town, but it seems they’re just covered in swamp stuff...
A nurse’s appeal could shape the future of patient advocacy
The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – Sarah Choujounian’s appeal raises questions about nurses’ freedom to advocate publicly for patients. After losing her nursing license, she challenges penalties tied to her statements about pandemic policies. Her case highlights the tension between professional regulation, ethical obligations, and the personal cost of speaking out...
January 6 through the eyes of Michael Nichols
The Breggin Hour with Dr. Peter & Ginger Breggin – Michael Nichols joins The Breggin Hour to recount helping police leave the Capitol on January 6. His eyewitness account anchors a discussion of competing narratives, federal prosecutions, and the personal consequences of that day, while raising questions about civil liberties and the right to assemble...
Climate activists using the courts to bypass democracy
The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris and Todd Royal – Climate activists have not surrendered. They are trying to force the issue through the courts, suing energy companies for damages caused by climate change that these companies are supposedly creating by producing oil and natural gas. Of course, there is no man-made climate emergency, so the legal cases, now dozens of...
Riding the waves of Trump’s multifaceted war
Unity Without Compromise with Dr. Steven LaTulippe – President Trump faces political resistance, global instability, and questions about the future of America First. As midterm elections approach, concerns about justice, immigration, economic pressure, and Republican leadership converge with a call for Christians to vote, pray, and defend the principles of America’s founding documents...
239 years later, is America still establishing justice?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The Constitution promises justice, but political disputes, AI privacy concerns, and controversial shootings test how Americans understand that promise. Judicial oversight, individual rights, and careful fact-finding shape the debate over whether the nation delivers equal treatment and fair judgments when accusations and emotions run high...
Dirty politicians, dirty judges, dirty skies, & dirty rolls
Unleashed: The Political News Hour with Nate Cain – From Ilhan Omar’s raid and sanctuary-city politics to a judge blocking voter checks, Dane Wigington on climate engineering, and Linda Szynkowicz cleaning the ballots. Nate opens with three hard-news stories. Federal agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home as part of an ongoing...
The fight for America
America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – The 2026 midterms put congressional control and President Trump’s agenda at stake. Conservatives face a call to turn faith and conviction into votes, explain their policy priorities, and organize beyond Election Day. House seats, Senate confirmations, and redistricting shape the fight for America’s political future...
Reiner Fuellmich: From his prison cell
The Breggin Hour with Dr. Peter & Ginger Breggin – Reiner Fuellmich remains imprisoned in Germany as supporters challenge his conviction and raise concerns about his treatment. Following reports of his transfer to Lingen, the authors revisit his legal career and COVID investigations, call for his freedom, and urge readers to send letters and postcards...
The Supreme Court returns to a constitutional minefield
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The Supreme Court’s new term raises questions about constitutional limits, government accountability, and women’s sports. Allegations of political surveillance and disputes over congressional power sharpen the debate. Can judges uphold the Constitution when citizens lack the knowledge needed to recognize violations and demand meaningful accountability...
Turning personal grief into medical advocacy
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Leslie Batts turns grief over her husband’s death into advocacy for medical accountability and access to courts. Her push for Oklahoma legislation highlights how legal barriers and filing deadlines can prevent families from seeking answers, testing the promise of justice and the right to redress...
When execution becomes medicine: The ethical questions after a failed execution
The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – Ashley Caputo examines the ethical conflict between lethal injection and healthcare’s duty to preserve life. The reported failed execution of Christa Pike raises questions about professional participation, drug sourcing, and whether clinicians could restore a prisoner’s health only for the state to attempt execution again...
Veterans Club combines peer support, faith, and therapy
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Jeremy Harrell’s prosecution raises questions about disability benefits, volunteer service, and how the government measures employability. The Veterans Club founder seeks a presidential pardon as his case prompts calls for clear rules, careful scrutiny, and fair treatment for wounded veterans rebuilding their lives with purpose...
What do we lose if we abandon the Supreme Court?
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The Supreme Court is “distinctly American in concept and function,” as Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes observed. No other court in the world has functioned as long and with one main purpose —to interpret and protect the Constitution. The ideas espoused during the Great Awakening were the underpinnings of the words in the Declaration of Independence...
Government Accountability starts with facts
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Government accountability demands verified facts, rigorous oversight, and respect for constitutional rights. Congress must scrutinize federal investigations without relying on careless accusations. Citizens deserve transparency, defendants deserve due process, and public trust depends on checking claims, correcting mistakes, and demanding credible evidence over partisan loyalty...
Christa Pike committed a brutal crime 31 years ago; she isn’t a victim
After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – A murder victim deserves more than a footnote in a killer’s story. Compassion and serious death penalty debate coexist with personal responsibility. Honest journalism keeps victims and grieving families visible, separates facts from speculation, and challenges a culture that turns criminal notoriety into public admiration...
How truth is making its way back into education
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Trump’s Department of Education formally removes Biden’s expanded Title IX regulations, restoring the 2020 rule governing sex discrimination in federally funded schools. The change follows court rulings and emphasizes protections for women and girls, including privacy, safety, and athletic opportunities, while clarifying legal responsibilities for...
When did Lady Justice drop the blindfold?
The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – “Blind Justice” is the standard and hope of the American Judicial System. Really? Who gets a pardon and still chooses to plead the “5th”? Pleading the Fifth Amendment means refusing to provide testimony that might self-incriminate you. Fauci—formerly pardoned by Biden invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate Homeland Security and...
Courtroom barriers and purpose at Tunnel to Towers
Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – John Beaudoin Sr. questions barriers that prevent citizens from presenting evidence in court, while Mary Ann Labella finds purpose supporting fallen first responders’ families and injured veterans through Tunnel to Towers. Their experiences highlight the importance of judicial accountability, public trust, and putting personal convictions into meaningful service for others...
Alabama puts the brakes on TikTok’s endless scroll
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Teen accounts will be unavailable from midnight to 6 a.m. Messaging and push alerts face extra limits overnight and during school hours. In addition, cosmetic filters are banned for teen users. Parents should take advantage of those productive pauses and trade their phones with their children for a good book. Perhaps it’s time to reclaim...
Mayor Mamdani’s threat to arrest Israeli PM was a bust
After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – Mamdani’s threat to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu raises questions about legal authority, political accountability, and public safety. As Israel’s war in Gaza fuels fierce debate, leaders face a duty to protect lawful dissent, acknowledge suffering on both sides, and pursue accountability without empty promises or overlooking Hamas’s atrocities against Israeli civilians...
The application for the Oklahoma Jewish charter school is allowed to proceed
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – A federal judge rules that Oklahoma cannot reject a Jewish charter school’s application solely because of its religious character. The preliminary injunction allows Ben Gamla’s application to proceed without approving the school, reinforcing First Amendment religious freedom protections and challenging religious exclusions in the state’s publicly funded charter school program...
When nurses become the target: Is a $5 million lawsuit about to change hospital safety?
The Nurses Report with Nicole, Ashley & David – A Florida nurse’s $5 million lawsuit puts hospital workplace violence under scrutiny. Ashley Grogg, Nurse Nicole, and David Wayne examine patient assaults, staffing, security, de-escalation, incident reporting, and employee protections while asking whether hospitals do enough to keep frontline healthcare workers safe during dangerous encounters...
The $600 million battle over DEI in America’s classrooms
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The judge said the policy failed to provide discernible criteria for what programs would be considered DEI initiatives and likely to lose funding. She further chastised the department for failing to consider the impact of canceling the grants on those who relied upon the funding. “The Directive does not acknowledge the fact that thousands of teachers...
Lauren and Stephanie save the world one controversy at a time
Two Women Inspiring Real Life with Stephanie Coxon and Lauren Muglia – Lauren and Stephanie reflect on 9/11 while exploring conflicts over parental rights, public education, and government authority. Their discussion examines classroom gender expectations, questions surrounding measles policy, and the Lindsay Clancy case, highlighting tensions between individual dissent, institutional power, and the pressure to embrace...
Threats to our lives and liberties
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Debates over surveillance, vaccine mandates, religious exemptions, and glyphosate raise questions about personal freedom and public health. From license plate readers to courtroom battles over vaccines and Monsanto, competing claims about safety, government authority, and individual rights shape discussions about threats to lives and liberties...
The Lindsay Clancy case: Has psychiatric care become iatrogenic harm?
The Nurses Report with Nicole, Ashley & David – The Lindsay Clancy case raises questions about postpartum mental healthcare, psychiatric medications, and fragmented treatment. Nurses examine potential medication harms, conflicting diagnoses, and barriers to seeking help while asking whether accountability for three children’s deaths can coexist with ongoing scrutiny of their mother’s psychiatric care...
The real AI threat may not be the machines
Unleashed: The Political News Hour with Chris Cordani – Artificial intelligence raises concerns about corporate control, government surveillance, and manufactured public opinion. Chris Cordani and Tim Wilson explore how regulation, China’s influence, media pressure, and jury independence reveal a shared challenge: protecting independent judgment in a society increasingly shaped by powerful institutions and technology...
Republic or a Mobocracy? The battle over the Supreme Court
The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The current Constitutional structure of our three branches of government does not benefit socialists because they believe the Supreme Court exists to do the will of the people rather than uphold the will of the Constitution by protecting inalienable rights. Turley points out that socialist thinking runs contrary to our nation’s founding principles...
Courts, maps and voter rolls: Who controls America’s elections?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Ever since he took office, Donald Trump and his administration have been trying to meddle in the state voter registration system. Apparently, the fact that the Constitution places both holding elections and registering voters in the hands of the states, not the federal government, hasn’t prevented federal meddling in matters that aren't its purview...
When ideology clouds our view of history
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Learning from the past requires honest reflection rather than politically convenient interpretations. From judicial precedent and scientific integrity to socialist policies and declining school performance, life’s consequences challenge us to examine our assumptions, question institutional failures, and ask whether history truly informs our decisions today...
Judicial roulette: Will the courts protect your rights or crush them?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – A lower court judge decided the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobb’s doesn’t really matter. The Catholic Church is suing the State of Illinois in District Court over a law that requires its adherents to assist in the suicide of terminally ill patients. The State of Missouri is asking SCOTUS to protect them against their own state supreme court...
A New Yorker, a Congressman, and a Supreme Court Justice walk into a bar
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I know, it sounds like a joke, but trust me, it isn’t. New York is trying to get its hands on $75 million for their climate slush fund (superfund). A federal judge said no, not because of the state law, but because they claim the federal law, which was not made pursuant to the Constitution, supersedes it. Similarly, New York, both the state and the city, are...