The Colbert Report

Akhil Reed Amar

Season 9 • 01/17/2013

The Yale professor explores the U.S. Constitution, New York's gun bill, and unenumerated rights.

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07:38

Tom Brokaw
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Network news icon Tom Brokaw discredits calls for Obama's impeachment and describes a few of the nine presidents he's covered since JFK.
01/16/2013
00:35

Intro - 1/16/13
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Big banks suffer harsh punishment, date nights rekindle romance, and Tom Brokaw talks about President Obama's second term.
01/16/2013
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
01/16/2013
04:16

HSBC Laundering Charges - Matt Taibbi
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"Secrets and Lies of the Bailout" author Matt Taibbi talks about HSBC, his famous Goldman Sachs dig and the problem with super wealthy banks.
01/16/2013
02:53

Pat Robertson's Romance Advice
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In order to revive their marriages, women must live up to the beauty standards that Pat Robertson has set.
01/16/2013
04:23

The Word - United We Standoff
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If the Second Amendment is truly meant to defend against government force, then citizens will never be safe until they can have their own aircraft carriers.
01/17/2013
02:58

Corporate Scamwich
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Two New York Post reporters expose a massive corporate conspiracy through an investigative journalism technique known as lunch.
01/17/2013
00:06

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
01/17/2013
05:03

Porn Names & Porn Lawsuits
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Megyn Kelly's porn name is not as good of a porn name as "Megyn Kelly," and a major adult filmmaker challenges L.A.'s condom law for porn actors.
01/17/2013
02:52

Obama's Gun Grab
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Since King Gun Snatcher the Magnificent knew his gun policies weren't going to pass the smell test, he stoops to surrounding himself with children during his speech.
01/17/2013
05:24

Akhil Reed Amar
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The legal scholar shares his book, "America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By."
01/17/2013
00:34

Intro - 1/21/13
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The Presidential Inauguration kicks off, America gets the flu, and The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about Obama's next four years.
01/21/2013
07:12

Obama's Second Inauguration
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The President swears in on Lincoln's Bible to ride the popularity of Spielberg's blockbuster, and inaugural guest James Taylor signifies how far America has come as a nation.
01/21/2013
05:43

Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses President Obama's reelection, the Black Panther Party and Michelle Obama's youthful hairdo.
01/21/2013
01:30

Stephen's Re-Inauguration
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Stephen pledges to defend the Constitution and ensure that Barack Obama is a one two-term president.
01/21/2013
05:54

ThreatDown - Flu, Kate Middleton, Vomiting Robots, Superintelligent Gonorrhea, Bears
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America quarantines children, Kate Middleton popularizes puking, British researchers create a projectile vomiting robot, and gonorrhea outsmarts drugs.
01/21/2013
00:05

Sign Off - Hotel Bibles
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Stephen stretches out on a bed of inauguration Bibles from Lincoln, NE.
01/21/2013
05:29

Dustin Hoffman's Bad News
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Dustin Hoffman cuts Stephen's character from "Quartet," so Stephen gets even.
01/22/2013
05:26

Kathryn Bigelow
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The Academy Award-winning director discusses the Senate investigation into "Zero Dark Thirty" and the hot-button issue of torture.
01/22/2013
00:14

Sign Off - "Zero Dark Thirty" & "Quartet"
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Stephen reprises his role in Dustin Hoffman's film.
01/22/2013
04:52

Obama's Inauguration & Class Warfare
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Fox News knocks Obama's "big government" speech and uses "Downton Abbey" to prove that America loves wealthy aristocrats.
01/22/2013
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