{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 325 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Michael McConnell |  Socialism and the Constitution","description":"We continue our chat series on socialism.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;While the Constitution does have built-in safeguards against socialism it does allow open debate and policy choices decided by \u201cwe the people.\u201d&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;How do these dual, seemingly contradictory, traits co-exist under our constitutional framework?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Joining our chat this week, we welcome the Hon. Michael McConnell as our guest.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;McConnell served as a circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and is now professor at Stanford Law School as well as the director of Stanford\u2019s Constitutional Law Center. ","author_name":"Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America","author_url":"https:\/\/www.constitutingamerica.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43574489\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/43574489"}