This week on Modern Age, Dan McCarthy explores a pivotal legal and constitutional question: Can President Trump impose tariffs on his own authority? With the Supreme Court hearing a case that challenges his use of emergency powers under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA), this episode dives deep into the legal history, economic rationale, and political stakes. What counts as a national emergency? Is a 50-year trade deficit reason enough? Dan examines both sides of the d...
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This week on Modern Age, Dan McCarthy explores a pivotal legal and constitutional question: Can President Trump impose tariffs on his own authority? With the Supreme Court hearing a case that challenges his use of emergency powers under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA), this episode dives deep into the legal history, economic rationale, and political stakes. What counts as a national emergency? Is a 50-year trade deficit reason enough? Dan examines both sides of the d...
EP. 004 - What Americans Get Wrong About the Declaration—and Why It Matters
Modern Age with Dan McCarthy
26 minutes
4 months ago
EP. 004 - What Americans Get Wrong About the Declaration—and Why It Matters
In Episode 4 of Modern Age with Dan McCarthy, we take a closer look at the misunderstood philosophy behind the Declaration of Independence. Dan explains how generations of Americans have been taught a flattened version of the Declaration’s ideas—especially the notion that government exists only to serve unlimited individual rights. This episode explores the deeper political philosophy of the Declaration—and how modern misreadings have led many to believe that human rights create government....
Modern Age with Dan McCarthy
This week on Modern Age, Dan McCarthy explores a pivotal legal and constitutional question: Can President Trump impose tariffs on his own authority? With the Supreme Court hearing a case that challenges his use of emergency powers under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA), this episode dives deep into the legal history, economic rationale, and political stakes. What counts as a national emergency? Is a 50-year trade deficit reason enough? Dan examines both sides of the d...
