Senate and states

Constitutional by The Washington Post

Sep 11, 201745:22Society & Culture

When the United States changed its process for electing senators, did that lead to a decline in state power? Or did it instead bring us closer to a "more perfect union"?

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Constitutional.

Introducing, "The Sports Moment"

Jul 26, 2024 - 0:59

Ava Wallace, sports reporter at The Washington Post, is in France to report on the Summer Games — and eat...

Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop”

Oct 16, 2023 - 3:34

Grenada’s Black revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a coup in 1983, along with seven ot...

Listen to the first episode of “Field Trip”: Yosemite National Park

Jun 29, 2023 - 55:41

To hear the rest of the series, follow “Field Trip” wherever you listen. California’s Sierra Nevada is ho...

Introducing “Field Trip”

Jun 14, 2023 - 3:13

Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Li...

Introducing "Broken Doors"

Apr 27, 2022 - 4:23

No-knock warrants allow police to force their way into people’s homes without warning. What happens when...

Ourselves and our posterity

Feb 12, 2018 - 54:30

In the "Constitutional" finale, we address listener questions about the history--and future--of the natio...

The First Amendment

Jan 29, 2018 - 52:05

Why do First Amendment rights trump nearly every other right in America? Thank Jehovah's Witnesses.

Privacy

Jan 15, 2018 - 45:12

How should the Constitution's privacy protections be translated for a new era? This is a question before...