{"id":4383,"date":"2018-06-26T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:41:06","slug":"dinner-table-politics-how-government-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/dinner-table-politics-how-government-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner Table Politics: How Government Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abby asked that we take a step back from talking about the news of the day and have an in-depth discussion about how constitutional government works. As a result, Schoolhouse Rock gets sung more than a few times, and we discuss executive orders, declaration of war, and the difference between emanations and penumbras &#8211; i.e. what they are and why they make for bad constitutional law.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/26\/dinner-table-politics-how-government-works\/school_house_rock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4384 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School_House_Rock.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School_House_Rock.png 379w, https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School_House_Rock-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a>Plus: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the travel ban decision, and a very loud dog.<\/p>\n<p>Download this episode <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/dinnertablepolitics\/Government_podcast_-_62618_12.48_PM.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe on iTunes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dinner-table-politics\/id1376411996\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abbyasked that we take a step back from talking about the news of the day and have an in-depth discussion about how constitutional government works. As a result, Schoolhouse Rock gets sung more than a few times, and we discuss executive orders, declaration of war, and the difference between emanations and penumbras - i.e. what  ... <a title=\"Dinner Table Politics: How Government Works\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/dinner-table-politics-how-government-works\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dinner Table Politics: How Government Works\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5193,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions\/5193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}