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Live at the National Constitution Center

Live constitutional conversations and debates featuring leading historians, journalists, scholars, and public officials hosted at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America. T... Read more

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Eric Foner on The Second Founding

Eric Foner on The Second Founding

Pultizer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner tells the story of the battle to inscribe equality into the Constitution. Fo... Read more

19 Nov 2019

1hr

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Madison, the Media, and the Mob

Madison, the Media, and the Mob

National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen moderates the first gathering of the Goldberg's: Jeffrey Go... Read more

11 Dec 2018

54mins

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Michael Beschloss: Presidents of War

Michael Beschloss: Presidents of War

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss discusses his new book, Presidents of War, exploring presidential war powers an... Read more

6 Nov 2018

1hr 4mins

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For Debate: Should the Constitution Be More Democratic?

For Debate: Should the Constitution Be More Democratic?

Is the Constitution “democratic” enough? What does it mean to be a democracy as opposed to a republic—is there a signifi... Read more

5 Nov 2019

58mins

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The Presidents Adams and the Politics of Personality

The Presidents Adams and the Politics of Personality

Earlier this summer, historians Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein visited the National Constitution Center to discuss t... Read more

31 Jul 2019

1hr 4mins

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The Fourth Amendment: Past and Present

The Fourth Amendment: Past and Present

Two leading Fourth Amendment scholars join NCC President Jeffrey Rosen to trace the history and interpretation of the Fo... Read more

31 Dec 2019

44mins

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The Battle for the American Mind

The Battle for the American Mind

Justin Driver provides a provocative account of the role the Supreme Court has played in defining the rights of students... Read more

8 Jan 2019

1hr

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How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

Are we in the midst of a global crisis of decline in democracy? And is the United States vulnerable to that trend? Shari... Read more

19 Mar 2019

1hr 1min

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Preet Bharara on "Doing Justice"

Preet Bharara on "Doing Justice"

In a sold out event at the National Constitution Center last week, Preet Bharara discussed his new book “Doing Justice: ... Read more

17 Apr 2019

58mins

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Slavery and its Opponents at America’s Founding

Slavery and its Opponents at America’s Founding

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the start of American slavery, as the first ship brought enslaved Africans to t... Read more

20 Aug 2019

1hr 9mins

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Armed in America

Armed in America

In this Town Hall, historian Patrick Charles and legal scholar Brandon Denning take a deep dive into the history of the ... Read more

28 Aug 2019

1hr 1min

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Michael Tomasky on Polarization and How to Fix It

Michael Tomasky on Polarization and How to Fix It

Michael Tomasky, special correspondent for The Daily Beast, stops by the National Constitution Center to discuss his new... Read more

19 Feb 2019

1hr 1min

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Reconstruction and Redemption

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Reconstruction and Redemption

Last week, the National Constitution Center opened its new permanent exhibit  ‘Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle ... Read more

14 May 2019

41mins

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We the Corporations

We the Corporations

With 2020 election campaigns gearing up, we’re sharing one of our favorite past programs that explores Citizens United, ... Read more

12 Mar 2019

1hr 4mins

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The Presidents: America's Best and Worst

The Presidents: America's Best and Worst

The office of the presidency has forged some of our nation’s very best, and very worst, leaders. In this Town Hall, a pa... Read more

6 Aug 2019

1hr 13mins

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Should President Trump Be Impeached? Part One

Should President Trump Be Impeached? Part One

This week, the National Constitution Center hosted a timely two-part discussion of impeachment. In panel one, leading co... Read more

4 Dec 2019

36mins

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The Suffrage Movement: Revisiting the Final Campaign

The Suffrage Movement: Revisiting the Final Campaign

Dawn Langan Teele, author of Forging the Franchise: The Political Origins of the Women’s Vote, and Elaine Weiss, author ... Read more

25 Dec 2018

59mins

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The Human Side of Judging

The Human Side of Judging

How do judges manage the personal challenges that their role often requires them to face, including unconscious bias, ch... Read more

25 Jun 2019

1hr 16mins

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Revolutionary Constitutions

Revolutionary Constitutions

Constitutional scholar Bruce Ackerman discusses his new book, 'Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and t... Read more

11 Jun 2019

1hr

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Justice Neil Gorsuch

Justice Neil Gorsuch

Justice Neil Gorsuch visited the National Constitution Center to celebrate Constitution Day and discuss his new book A R... Read more

24 Sep 2019

59mins

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