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#218

The Legacy of Emmett Till: From Tragedy to Activism

Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins Ronald Collins, author of Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial, to discuss the tragedy of Emmett Till’s murder, the shocking story of the trial that followed, and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources ---Ronald K. L. Collins, [Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial] (https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531027490/Tragedy-on-Trial) (2024) --- [H.R.55 - Emmett Till Antilynching Act] (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55) ---President Joseph Biden, [Remarks by President at Signing of H.R. 55] (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/29/remarks-by-president-biden-at-signing-of-h-r-55-the-emmett-till-antilynching-act/#:~:text=Thank%20you.,first%20time%20in%20American%20history.) (March 29, 2022) ---Joy-Ann Reid, [Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America] (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/medgar-and-myrlie-joy-ann-reid?variant=41057227702306) (2024) ---Valerie Russ, [“A former Temple U law professor speaks about how the Emmett Till murder trial shaped the Civil Rights Movement,"] (https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/emmett-til-murder-national-constitution-center-janai-nelson-philadelphia-20240411.html) The Philadelphia Inquirer (April 11, 2024) ---Liz Fields, [“The story behind Nina Simone’s protest song, 'Mississippi Goddam,'”] (https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-nina-simones-protest-song-mississippi-goddam/16651/) PBS (Jan. 14, 2021) --- [Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, National Monument] (https://www.nps.gov/till/index.htm) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue today’s conversation on social media @ConstitutionCtr and #AmericasTownHall Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

16 Apr 2024

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16 Apr 2024

#217

Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution

On Thursday March 28 at the NCC, Jeffrey Rosen sat down with Justice Stephen Breyer to discuss his new book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism. Justice Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s majority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution based on pragmatism. Resources ---Justice Stephen Breyer, [Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism] (https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Constitution-Chose-Pragmatism-Textualism/dp/1668021536) (2024) Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on social media @ConstitutionCtr and #AmericasTownHall Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [ bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) .  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our  [Media Library] (https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/media-library) .  ... Read more

09 Apr 2024

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09 Apr 2024

#216

Lincoln’s Lessons: Then and Now

Acclaimed Lincoln historians Sidney Blumenthal, author of the three-volume The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, and Harold Holzer, author of the new book Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration, assess Lincoln’s life and legacy to unveil remarkable similarities between the 19th century and today. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources ---Harold Holzer, [Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558372/brought-forth-on-this-continent-by-harold-holzer/) ---Sidney Blumenthal, [Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II, 1849-1856] (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wrestling-With-His-Angel/Sidney-Blumenthal/The-Political-Life-of-Abraham-Lincoln/9781501153792) ---Abraham Lincoln, [Cooper Union Address] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/abraham-lincoln-cooper-institute-address-1860) (1860, February 27) ---Harold Holzer, [Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President] (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lincoln-at-Cooper-Union/Harold-Holzer/9780743299640) Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on social media @ConstitutionCtr and #AmericasTownHall Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

02 Apr 2024

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02 Apr 2024

#215

Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election

Richard Hasen, author of A Real Right to Vote, Sarah Isgur, senior editor of The Dispatch, and Lawrence Lessig, author of How to Steal a Presidential Election, provide a health check on the state of American democracy, and look ahead to potential areas of vulnerability in the run-up to the 2024 election. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources ---Richard L. Hasen, [A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy] (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691257716/a-real-right-to-vote) ---Lawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman, [How to Steal a Presidential Election] (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300270792/how-to-steal-a-presidential-election) ---Jeffrey Rosen, “ [The Supreme Court Says States Can’t Keep Trump Off the Ballot,] (https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/the-supreme-court-says-states-cant-keep-trump-off-the-ballot) " We the People, National Constitution Center --- [Trump v. Anderson (2024)] (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf) ---Sarah Isgur and David French, [“Indictment Watch: The Supreme Court Decides Whether States Can Disqualify Trump,”] (https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/indictment-watch-the-supreme-court-decides-whether-states-can-disqualify-trump/) Advisory Opinions, The Dispatch ---Richard L. Hasen, [“The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts,” ] (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-john-roberts-trump-ballot-fail.html) Slate (March 5, 2023) ---Conference Report, [“Carter-Baker Commission: 16 Years Later”] (https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/democracy/carter-baker-conference-report-110121.pdf) (2021) --- [Trump v. Anderson] (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-719/297014/20240118112848137_23-719.Amicus.Foley.Ginsberg.Hasen.pdf) , Amicus brief of Richard L. Hasen, Edward Foley and Ben Ginsburg Stay Connected and Learn More Continue today’s conversation on social media @ConstitutionCtr and #AmericasTownHall Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) .  Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

26 Mar 2024

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26 Mar 2024

#214

The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Launch and Conversation with Jeffrey Rosen and Jeffrey Goldberg

On Presidents Day 2024, NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen launched his new book at the NCC in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic. They discuss The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. This program was recorded live on February 19, 2024, and presented in partnership with The Atlantic. Additional Resources: --- [Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America] (https://constitutioncenter.org/go/the-pursuit-of-happiness) (2024) ---Cicero, [The Tusculan Disputations] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/cicero-the-tusculan-disputations-ca-45-bc) (ca. 45 BC) --- [The Quill Project] (https://www.quillproject.net/m2/) --- [The King James Bible] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-king-james-bible-1611) (1611) --- [Pythagoras] (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/) , Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy --- [The Webster-Hayne Debates] (https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the-webster-hayne-debates/) --- [Trump v. Anderson] (https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/trump-v-anderson/) ---“ [Should President Trump Be Allowed on the 2024 Ballot?] (https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/should-president-trump-be-allowed-on-the-2024-ballot) ,” We the People podcast (Jan. 11, 2024) ---“ [Rhetoric of Freedom] (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/09/rhetoric-of-freedom/305672/) ,” The Atlantic (Sept. 1999) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

27 Feb 2024

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27 Feb 2024

#213

Following Tubman’s Trail: Unveiling Stories of the African American Quest for Freedom

In celebration of Black History Month, explore the history of the African American fight for freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods with historians Edda Fields-Black, author of Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War, and James Oakes, author of Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Edda L. Fields-Black, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War] (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/combee-9780197552797?cc=us&lang=en&) --- [James Oakes, Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865] (https://wwnorton.com/books/freedom-national/) --- [James Oakes, The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics] (https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Radical-and-the-Republican) --- [UUSCT Pension Files] (https://iaamuseum.org/center-for-family-history/blog/usct-pension-files-a-rich-resource-for-african-american-genealogy/) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

20 Feb 2024

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20 Feb 2024

#212

Constitution Drafting Project: A Discussion of Five New Amendments

The Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University and the National Constitution Center present a discussion on the NCC’s landmark Constitution Drafting Project, featuring members of the drafting teams: Caroline Fredrickson of team progressive, Timothy Sandefur of team libertarian, and Ilan Wurman of team conservative. They will discuss their approaches to constitution drafting, the various amendments they agreed on, and the project’s importance in today’s constitutional environment. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This program is presented in partnership with the [Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law] (https://constitutionaldesign.asu.edu/) . Additional Resources [National Constitution Center, Constitution Drafting Project] (https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/special-projects/constitution-drafting-project) [National Constitution Center, Constitution Drafting Project, "The Proposed Amendments" (PDF)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/The_Proposed_Amendments_v1.pdf) [Ilan Wurman, A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism] (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/debt-against-the-living/debt-against-the-living/D60EA53C30E2746F7C16B56F154AB3A9) [Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, 2024 Model Constitutional Convention] (https://constitutionaldesign.asu.edu/2024-model-constitutional-convention/) [Justice Stephen Breyer on the Importance of Civics Education] (https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs/a-conversation-with-justice-stephen-breyer) [Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America] (https://constitutioncenter.org/go/the-pursuit-of-happiness) [We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century] (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250166005/wethepeople) [The Preamble to the Constitution] (https://constitutioncenter.org/education/videos/the-preamble-to-the-constitution) [The Declaration of Independence] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-declaration-of-independence) [National Constitution Center, Supreme Court Case Library, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/citizens-united-v-fec) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

06 Feb 2024

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06 Feb 2024

#211

David Hume and the Ideas That Shaped America

Called “a degenerate son of science” by Thomas Jefferson and a “bungling lawgiver” by James Madison, Scottish philosopher David Hume was cited so often at the Constitutional Convention that delegates seemed to have committed his essays to memory. Join Angela Coventry, author of Hume: A Guide for the Perplexed; Dennis Rasmussen, author of The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought; and Aaron Alexander Zubia, author of The Political Thought of David Hume as they discuss Hume’s philosophical legacy and its profound impact on the shaping of America. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources [Angela Coventry, ed. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects] (https://broadviewpress.com/product/a-treatise-of-human-nature/#tab-description) [Dennis Rasmussen, The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought] (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691177014/the-infidel-and-the-professor) [Aaron Alexander Zubia, The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination] (https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268207809/the-political-thought-of-david-hume/) [National Constitution Center Town Hall program, Montesquieu and the Constitution] (https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs/montesquieu-and-the-constitution) [Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America] (https://constitutioncenter.org/go/the-pursuit-of-happiness) [Hume texts online] (https://davidhume.org/) [Federalist No. 10] (https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0178) [The Continentalist] (https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0015#ARHN-01-03-02-0015-fn-0002) [Federalist No. 85] (https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed85.asp) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

30 Jan 2024

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30 Jan 2024

#210

Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Tech Term

Several cases before the Supreme Court raise important questions at the intersection of technology and law. Join legal experts Alex Abdo of the Knight First Amendment Institute, Clay Calvert of the American Enterprise Institute, and David Greene of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for a conversation exploring key tech cases, including whether Florida and Texas can regulate the platforms’ content moderation policies. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources [Knight Institute's Amicus Brief (in support of neither party), Moody v. NetChoice & NetChoice v. Paxton] (http://xn--clay%20calvert,%20friends%20of%20the%20court,%20friends%20of%20the%20first%20amendment:%20exploring%20amicus%20brief%20support%20for%20platforms%20editorial%20independence,%20aei%20(dec-nl24jomnl.%2022,%202023),%20https//www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/friends-of-the-court-friends-of-the-first-amendment-exploring-amicus-brief-support-for-platforms-editorial-independence/) [Clay Calvert, “Friends of the Court, Friends of the First Amendment: Exploring Amicus Brief Support for Platforms’ Editorial Independence,” AEI (Dec. 22, 2023)] (https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/friends-of-the-court-friends-of-the-first-amendment-exploring-amicus-brief-support-for-platforms-editorial-independence/) [Knight Institute Amicus Brief in Murthy v. Missouri (in support of neither party)] (https://knightcolumbia.org/documents/tbf1j67rec) [Clay Calvert, “Persuasion or Coercion? Understanding the Government’s Position in Murthy v. Missouri, Part I,” AEI (Jan. 8, 2024)] (https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/persuasion-or-coercion-understanding-the-governments-position-in-murthy-v-missouri-part-i/) [David Greene, “In Jawboning Cases, there’s no getting away from textual analysis,” Knight First Amendment Institute (Nov. 7, 2023)] (https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/in-jawboning-cases-theres-no-getting-away-from-contextual-analysis) [David Greene, EFF Amicus Brief in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed (in support of Lindke and Garnier)] (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-324/272024/20230713154608960_22-324%20and%2022-611%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf) [Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo (1974)] (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-797) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

16 Jan 2024

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16 Jan 2024

#209

Loyalists vs. Patriots and the American Revolution

Joyce Lee Malcolm, author of The Times That Try Men’s Souls: The Adams, the Quincys, and the Families Divided by the American Revolution—and How They Shaped a New Nation, and Eli Merritt, author of Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution, explore the origins and clashing ideologies during the American Revolution, how Loyalists and Patriots were divided, and how the differing opinions of both groups continue to shape our understanding of American identity. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Eli Merritt, Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution] (https://www.elimerritt.com/disunion-among-ourselves) --- [Joyce Lee Malcolm, The Times That Try Men's Souls: The Adams, the Quincys, and the Battle for Loyalty in the American Revolution] (http://pegasusbooks.com/books/a-war-without-an-enemy-9781639364756-hardcover) --- [The Declaration of Independence] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-declaration-of-independence) --- [Eli Merrit, "Why demagogues were the Founding Fathers' greatest fear," LA Times] (https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-12-26/demagogues-constitution-impeachment-washington-hamilton) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

19 Dec 2023

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19 Dec 2023

#208

The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation

Robert Post, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, delves into the highly anticipated volumes from the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, The Taft Court Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930. Post explores the history of the Taft Court and the contrasting constitutional approaches among its justices, including Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., among others. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Robert Post, The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930] (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/taft-court/BFC000A7F15289781D92C89BDDC07C8E) --- [Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923)] (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/262/390/) --- [Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Ind. Relations, 262 U.S. 522 (1923)] (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/262/522/) --- [Whitney v. California (1927)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/whitney-v-california) --- [Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/brandenburg-v-ohio) --- [Gitlow v. New York (1925)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/gitlow-v-new-york) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

12 Dec 2023

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12 Dec 2023

#207

From Spies to Leakers: The History of the Espionage Act

The Espionage Act of 1917, one of the most contentious statutes relating to the First Amendment, is back in the news following the indictment of President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents. What is the Espionage Act and how has it been used over time? Legal scholar Heidi Kitrosser, author of Reclaiming Accountability: Transparency, Executive Power, and the U.S. Constitution, and political historian Sam Lebovic, author of State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America’s Secrecy Regime, explore the origins, history, and constitutional legacy of this World War I-era law. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Sam Lebovic, State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America's Secrecy Regime] (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sam-lebovic/state-of-silence/9781541620162/?lens=basic-books) --- [Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 (1917-1918)] (http://espionage%20act%20of%201917%20and%20sedition%20act%20of%201918%20(1917-1918),%20https//constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/espionage-act-of-1917-and-sedition-act-of-1918-1917-1918) --- [Defense Secrets Act of 1911] (https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/defense-secrets-act-1911) --- [The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-alien-and-sedition-acts-1798) --- [Schenck v. United States (1919)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/schenck-v-united-states) --- [Heidi Kitrosser, Reclaiming Accountability: Transparency, Executive Power, and the U.S. Constitution] (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo19108833.html) --- [Gorin v. United States, 312 U.S. 19 (1941)] (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/312/19/) --- [Heidi Kitrosser and David Schulz, “A House Built on Sand: The Constitutional Infirmity of Espionage Act Prosecutions for Leaking to the Press”] (https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=falr) --- [United States v. Morison (4th Cir. 1988)] (https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-morison-4th-cir-1988/) --- [Heidi Kitrosser, “The Espionage Act After the Mar-a-Lago Indictment,” Lawfare] (https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-espionage-act-after-the-mar-a-lago-indictment) --- [United States v. Morison (4th Cir. 1988)] (https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-morison-4th-cir-1988/) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

05 Dec 2023

1 HR 04 MINS

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05 Dec 2023

#206

Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority

Political scientists Frances Lee of Princeton University, Steven Levitsky of Harvard University and coauthor of Tyranny of the Minority, and Kurt Weyland of the University of Texas at Austin and author of Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat, explore some of the new theories and approaches to the challenges facing American democracy in 2023 and beyond, including proposed solutions. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706046/tyranny-of-the-minority-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/) --- [Frances Lee, “Populism and the American Party System: Opportunities and Constraints”] (https://web.archive.org/web/20201107162548id_/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/80267F1481932B2D381F456BA397153A/S1537592719002664a.pdf/div-class-title-populism-and-the-american-party-system-opportunities-and-constraints-div.pdf) --- [Kurt Weyland, Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism] (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/democracys-resilience-to-populisms-threat/B3D9E2C5F9316B2B71F0B6E93203818A) --- [Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

28 Nov 2023

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:51

28 Nov 2023

#205

What the Black Intellectual Tradition Can Teach Us About Democracy

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and political scientist Melvin Rogers, author of The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought, explore the ways key African American intellectuals and artists—from David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and W.E.B. Du Bois to Billie Holiday and James Baldwin—reimagined U.S. democracy. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Melvin Rogers, The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought] (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691219134/the-darkened-light-of-faith) --- [Melvin Rogers, The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy] (http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-undiscovered-dewey/9780231144872) --- [Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction] (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324021841) --- [Jamelle Bouie, “How Black Political Thought Shapes My Work”, New York Times] (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/opinion/black-political-thought.html) --- [David Walker] (https://www.nps.gov/people/david-walker.htm) --- [David Walker, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/david-walker-appeal-to-the-colored-citizens-of-the-world-1829) --- [Jamelle Bouie, “Why I Keep Coming Back to Reconstruction”, New York Times] (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/opinion/reconstruction-civil-war-du-bois.html) --- [Martin Delany] (https://coloredconventions.org/emigration-debate/martin-delany/) --- [Jamelle Bouie, “What Frederick Douglass Knew that Trump and DeSantis Don’t”, New York Times] (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opinion/birthright-citizenship-trump-desantis.html) --- [Jamelle Bouie, “The Deadly History of ‘They’re Raping Our Women'”, Slate] (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/06/the-deadly-history-of-theyre-raping-our-women-racists-have-long-defended-their-worst-crimes-in-the-name-of-defending-white-womens-honor.html) --- [W.E.B. Dubois, The Souls of Black Folk] (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/408/408-h/408-h.htm) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

21 Nov 2023

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21 Nov 2023

#204

From Founders to Politicians: Political Divisions at America’s Birth

The election of 1800 was the first hotly contested partisan election in American history. Still, peaceful transfers of power continued for the next two centuries. But how? Carol Berkin, author of A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism, and H.W. Brands, author of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and the Brawling Birth of American Politics, join for an Election Day program to explore political partisanship and nationalism in early America. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [H.W. Brands, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713058/founding-partisans-by-h-w-brands/) --- [Carol Berkin, A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism] (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/carol-berkin/a-sovereign-people/9780465060887/?lens=basic-books) --- [Genet Affair] (https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/genet-affair/) --- [National Constitution Center Founders' Library, The Alien and Sedition Acts] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-alien-and-sedition-acts-1798) --- [Virginia Resolutions] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/james-madison-the-virginia-resolutions-1798) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

14 Nov 2023

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:07

14 Nov 2023

#203

Native Peoples and Redefining U.S. History

Historians Ned Blackhawk and Brenda Child join for a conversation on Blackhawk’s national bestseller, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History—a sweeping retelling of American history. They explore five centuries of U.S. history to shed light on the central role Indigenous peoples have played in shaping our nation’s narrative. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Ned Blackhawk, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History ] (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300244052/the-rediscovery-of-america/) --- [The Declaration of Independence] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/the-declaration-of-independence) --- [Pontiac’s War] (https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/pontiacs-rebellion/) --- [Brenda Child, Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences, 1879-2000] (https://books.google.com/books/about/Away_from_Home.html?id=Cph3AAAAMAAJ&source=kp_book_description) --- [Brenda Child, Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940] (https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803214804/) --- [Claudio Saunt, Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory] (https://wwnorton.com/books/unworthy-republic) --- [Jeffrey Ostler, Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas] (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255362/surviving-genocide/) --- [Articles of Confederation] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/articles-of-confederation) --- [Naturalization Act 1790] (https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/h-r-40-naturalization-bill-march-4-1790#:~:text=This%201790%20act%20set%20the,under%2021%20years%20of%20age) --- [Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/dred-scott-v-sandford) --- [Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution] (https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393358520) --- [Ned Blackhawk, Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the early American West] (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674027206&content=reviews) --- [Brenda Child, Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/297099/holding-our-world-together-by-brenda-j-child/) --- [Brenda Child, My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation] (https://shop.mnhs.org/products/my-grandfathers-knocking-sticks) --- [Brenda Child and Brian Klopotek, Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education] (https://www.unmpress.com/9781938645167/indian-subjects/) --- [Michael Witgen, Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America] (https://uncpress.org/book/9781469677774/seeing-red/) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

07 Nov 2023

58 MINS

58:03

07 Nov 2023

#202

From FDR to Biden: The Creation of the Modern Presidency

The Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University and the National Constitution Center present a discussion exploring how the institution of the modern presidency has evolved through the lens of studying the constitutional visions and approaches to executive power of some of America’s past presidents. Join presidency experts Sidney Milkis and Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and Stephen Knott of Ashland University for this conversation moderated by National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen. This program is presented in partnership with the [Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.] (https://constitutionaldesign.asu.edu/) Additional Resources --- [Stephen Knott, The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal] (https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700630394/) --- [Nicholas Jacobs and Sidney Milkis, What Happened to the Vital Center?: Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America] (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/what-happened-to-the-vital-center-9780197603512) --- [Michael Nelson and Barbara Perry, The Presidency: Facing Constitutional Crossroads (Miller Center Studies on the Presidency)] (https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5649/) --- [Stephen Knott, Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy] (https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700633654/coming-to-terms-with-john-f-kennedy/) --- [Sidney Milkis, Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy] (https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700618170/) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center ] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

17 Oct 2023

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:52

17 Oct 2023

#201

The Forgotten Years of the Civil Rights Movement

Prize-winning historians Kate Masur, author of Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction, and Dylan Penningroth, author of the new book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights, explore the central role of African Americans in the struggle for justice and equality long before the social movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Additional Resources --- [Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction] (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324021841) --- [Dylan Penningroth, Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights] (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093107) --- [National Constitution Center Interactive Constitution, Article IV, Section 2: Movement Of Persons Throughout the Union, Privileges and Immunities Clause] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-iv/clauses/37) --- [National Constitution Center Interactive Constitution,14th Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause] (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv/clauses/704) --- [Dylan Penningroth, The Claims of Kinfolk: African American Property and Community in the Nineteenth-Century South] (https://uncpress.org/book/9780807854761/the-claims-of-kinfolk/) --- [Kate Masur, An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C] (https://uncpress.org/book/9780807872666/an-example-for-all-the-land/) --- [Brief of Professors of History and Law as Amici Curia in Support of Respondents] (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-1199/232463/20220801160903406_Harvard%20UNC%20Final%20PDF.pdfA.pdf) Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using [@ConstitutionCtr] (https://twitter.com/ConstitutionCtr) . Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at [bit.ly/constitutionweekly] (https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001isJLcA0NBDU2D_HGg2ohDtUUbfEfE-Gpl9t1---7rRBAsT4f5B7IV2UbsNZFPIVvYFY1ZtLK4zENNfTuda3Z_WJBoefPS8mnvM8KMyfAOq4%3D) . Please subscribe to [Live at the National Constitution Center] (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300?mt=2) and our companion podcast [We the People] (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?mt=2) on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-the-national-constitution-center/id1037423300?mt=2) , [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/2utbYy4RvjxeL3tBQJhWTM) , or your favorite podcast app. ... Read more

10 Oct 2023

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:12

10 Oct 2023

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#218

The Legacy of Emmett Till: From Tragedy to Activism

#217

Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution

#216

Lincoln’s Lessons: Then and Now

#215

Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election

#214

The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Launch and Conversation with Jeffrey Rosen and Jeffrey Goldberg

#213

Following Tubman’s Trail: Unveiling Stories of the African American Quest for Freedom

#212

Constitution Drafting Project: A Discussion of Five New Amendments

#211

David Hume and the Ideas That Shaped America

#210

Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Tech Term

#209

Loyalists vs. Patriots and the American Revolution

#208

The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation

#207

From Spies to Leakers: The History of the Espionage Act

#206

Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority

#205

What the Black Intellectual Tradition Can Teach Us About Democracy

#204

From Founders to Politicians: Political Divisions at America’s Birth

#203

Native Peoples and Redefining U.S. History

#202

From FDR to Biden: The Creation of the Modern Presidency

#201

The Forgotten Years of the Civil Rights Movement