Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2019-05 to 2026-08.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
The federal government is currently violating constitutional rights and fundamental civil liberties through its various enforcement actions.
15 people · 14 episodes
Ben Meiselas argues that the government is actively undermining constitutional protections, specifically referencing the Fourth Amendment, through the use of administrative warrants by ICE.
“They are signing their own forms, avoiding the Fourth Amendment's dictate against unreasonable searches and seizures, a constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
MeidasTouch · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 517K views on this topicMr. Checkpoint asserts that DUI checkpoints are unconstitutional and that individuals should be able to travel freely.
“a DUI checkpoint just the idea of it I think is unconstitutional um we should be able to travel freely without being asked where are you going why”
Impaulsive · May 2019 · 1 episode · 220K views on this topicThe government's use of force and lack of due process in detaining individuals is a fundamental violation of constitutional rights and basic human decency.
“So, they're using these LRAD weapons. This is insane. Test of the long range acoustic device LRAD. One, two, three. >> Jesus Christ, man. You know that we're living in those futuristic sci-fi dystopian movies when they're using sorts of weapons I've never even heard of.”
Secular Talk · Jan 2026 · 4 episodes · 1.6M views on this topicThe federal government is using immigration enforcement as a pretext for unconstitutional political retaliation against cities led by Democrats.
“arguing that this isn't really about immigration enforcement, but rather is an unconstitutional act of political retaliation, saying Minneapolis and Saint Paul are now the latest of the cities widely considered to be democratic cities with elected leaders who do not politically align with Trump to b”
Philip DeFranco · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 1.3M views on this topicMichael Popok asserts that the actions taken against Alex Prey violated his First, Second, and Fourth Amendment rights.
“when we learn more about Alex Prey we learn what an upstanding American patriot law-abiding patriot he was and had his first second and fourth amendments violated but he was executed and there's no way way around it”
MeidasTouch · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 545K views on this topicActive participation in legal battles, education, and social movements is essential to protect against systemic discrimination and…
6 people · 6 episodes
Benjamin Crump asserts that the justice system treats constitutional rights as an extravagant privilege for black and brown citizens rather than a fundamental guarantee.
“regrettably Stephen A we still live in a society where they consider it too extravagant okay to allow constitutional rights for some citizens”
Stephen A. Smith · Aug 2024 · 2 episodes · 120K views on this topicThe NAACP is actively engaged in numerous court cases and legal battles to protect civil rights while emphasizing the urgent necessity of voter participation in the upcoming election.
“We are in I can't name the number of court cases, many of which we've already won. Whether it's a redistricing case in in Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, whether or not we put boots on the ground in California for the referendum, whether or not we're we're strategizing in Maryland and Virginia”
The Breakfast Club · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 37K views on this topicThe Department of Justice was originally established to protect black Americans from discrimination, but it is now being weaponized against them and other marginalized groups.
“the Department of Justice when it's created in 1870 is created by Congress to make sure that black Americans in the American South are protected from discriminatory legislation and from attacks by their white neighbors.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Feb 2026 · 4 episodes · 1.5M views on this topicThe American republic is currently in peril due to anti-democratic threats, and citizens must engage in active, non-inert participation to save it.
“We can lose this republic. This guy is not screwing around. Let me highlight that, Brian.”
Brian Tyler Cohen · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 513K views on this topicThe NAACP must intervene when local officials fail to hold people accountable for the deaths of young black men.
“this is our role is to step in to support when the families have an issue like this and the local officials seem not to hold people accountable.”
MeidasTouch · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 86K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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