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We the People

A weekly show of constitutional debate hosted by National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen where listeners can hear the best arguments on all sides of the constitutional issues at t... Read more

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Everything You Need to Know About The Constitution in Two Amendments

Everything You Need to Know About The Constitution in Two Amendments

Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, leads an interactive discussion about the myriad i... Read more

16 Jul 2015

53mins

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Is the Second Amendment a “Second Class Right”?

Is the Second Amendment a “Second Class Right”?

The Supreme Court has not decided a major Second Amendment case since McDonald v. Chicago in 2010, but the Court may bre... Read more

17 Jan 2019

1hr 5mins

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A 'deep dive' on the Supreme Court

A 'deep dive' on the Supreme Court

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, is joined by leading Supreme Court watchers to rev... Read more

7 Jul 2016

1hr 3mins

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A constitutional history of the Republican Party

A constitutional history of the Republican Party

David French of the National Review and Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina explore the history of the ... Read more

21 Jul 2016

49mins

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Analyzing the Obamacare Supreme Court decision

Analyzing the Obamacare Supreme Court decision

The National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen is joined by Ilya Shapiro and Erwin Chemerinsky to break down Thursday’... Read more

25 Jun 2015

40mins

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Presidential powers and the Constitution

Presidential powers and the Constitution

Influential scholars Erwin Chemerinsky and Richard Epstein join our Jeffrey Rosen for a special Presidents Day podcast a... Read more

13 Feb 2015

26mins

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How our federal judicial system was born

How our federal judicial system was born

Jeffrey P. Minear, the Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States, joins our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the 225th... Read more

24 Sep 2014

37mins

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The history and meaning of the Establishment Clause

The history and meaning of the Establishment Clause

In honor of the holiday season, Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School and Marci Hamilton of the Cardozo School of Law... Read more

16 Dec 2015

48mins

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The Courts, The Constitution and Phone Metadata

The Courts, The Constitution and Phone Metadata

The National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen is joined by three top experts to look at the constitutional future of ... Read more

15 May 2015

45mins

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Should the 17th Amendment be repealed?

Should the 17th Amendment be repealed?

David Schleicher of Yale University and Todd Zywicki of George Mason University discuss the text, history, and future of... Read more

13 Jul 2017

51mins

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Is the Presidency Too Powerful?

Is the Presidency Too Powerful?

On this Presidents’ Day edition of We the People, political historian Julian Zelizer of Princeton and constitutional law... Read more

21 Feb 2019

1hr

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A conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging conver... Read more

15 Feb 2018

1hr 19mins

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The life and legacy of Frederick Douglass

The life and legacy of Frederick Douglass

On this debut episode of our special Stories of the Civil War and Reconstruction Series, we examine the life of one of A... Read more

2 Aug 2018

1hr 7mins

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The Fourth Amendment and police dog searches

The Fourth Amendment and police dog searches

The National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen is joined by Orin Kerr and Christopher Slobogin to discuss another big ... Read more

23 Apr 2015

39mins

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The constitutional and political impact of Citizens United

The constitutional and political impact of Citizens United

David Keating of the Center for Competitive Politics and Paul Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center discuss the state of ele... Read more

17 Mar 2016

46mins

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Gawker, Hulk Hogan, and the First Amendment

Gawker, Hulk Hogan, and the First Amendment

Jane Kirtley of the University of Minnesota and Amy Gajda of Tulane University examine the Gawker-Hulk Hogan dispute and... Read more

16 Jun 2016

54mins

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The First Amendment speech debate on college campuses

The First Amendment speech debate on college campuses

Erwin Chemerinsky and Greg Lukianoff join National Constitution Center scholar in residence Michael Gerhardt to discuss ... Read more

20 Nov 2015

39mins

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The life and legacy of Justice Louis Brandeis

The life and legacy of Justice Louis Brandeis

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, is joined by Melvin Urofsky of Virginia Commonweal... Read more

2 Jun 2016

1hr 30mins

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What Does the Constitution Say About Impeachment?

What Does the Constitution Say About Impeachment?

How should impeachment be carried out, according to the Constitution? This episode explores the constitutional process o... Read more

24 Oct 2019

1hr 5mins

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Jeff Rosen answers your constitutional questions

Jeff Rosen answers your constitutional questions

In the latest installment of our popular podcast series, National Constitution Center president Jeffrey Rosen answers yo... Read more

29 Jan 2015

47mins

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