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    My Fellow Americans: Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses Jan 28, 2025
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    The day after the 2025 presidential inauguration, leading presidential historians and contributors to the recently published compendium My Fellow Americans: Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses, Michael Gerhardt, Kate Masur, and Ted Widmer, reflect on inaugural addresses throughout history and how they relate to a president’s legacy. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


    Resources:

    • Yuvraj Singh and Ted Widmer, My Fellow Americans: Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses (2024)
    • Martin Van Buren, Inaugural Address (March 4, 1837)
    • Donald Trump, Second Inaugural Address (Jan. 20, 2025)
    • Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1829)
    • Andrew Jackson, Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1833)
    • Grover Cleveland, Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1893)
    • Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861)
    • Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865)
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933)
    • John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address (Jan. 20, 1961)
    • Joe Biden, Inaugural Address (Jan. 20, 2021)


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    The Life and Constitutional Legacy of Gouverneur Morris Dec 17, 2024
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    Melanie Randolph Miller, editor of the Gouverneur Morris Papers: Diaries Project; Dennis Rasmussen, author of The Constitution’s Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America’s Basic Charter; and William Treanor, dean of Georgetown Law explore the fantastic life and constitutional legacy of Gouverneur Morris: Founding Father, key member of the Committee of Style, and opponent of slavery. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


    Resources

    • Dennis C. Rasmussen, The Constitution’s Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America’s Basic Charter, (2023)
    • William M. Treanor, Gouverneur Morris and the Drafting of the Federalist Constitution, (2023)
    • William M. Treanor, The Case of the Dishonest Scrivener: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of the Federalist Constitution, (2021)
    • Melanie Randolph Miller, An Incautious Man: The Life of Gouveneur Morris, (2008)
    • Gouverneur Morris Papers
    • The U.S. Constitution: Preamble
    • The Federalist Papers
    • The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Revolution in Government
    • Gouverneur Morris, "Slavery and Representation," (Aug. 8, 1787)


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    How Religious Were the Founders? Dec 10, 2024
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    In this episode, We explore religious liberty and the founders with Jane Calvert, author of Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson, Vincent Phillip Muñoz, author of Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses, and Thomas Kidd, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


    Resources

    • The First Amendment, National Constitution Center exhibit
    • Jane E. Calvert, Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson (2024)
    • Thomas Kidd, Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh (2022)
    • Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses (2022)
    • Thomas Kidd, God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution (2010)
    • Vincent Phillip Muñoz , God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson (2009)
    • Letter From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, (August 18, 1790)


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    Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn Nov 26, 2024
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    In this episode, Christopher Cox, former U.S. congressman and author of the new book, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn, and Professor Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago discuss Wilson’s presidential legacy, constitutional vision, and impact on American democracy. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

    Resources

    • Christopher Cox, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn (2024)
    • Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918
    • Committee on Public Information, Free Speech Center (2009; updated 2024)
    • The First Amendment, National Constitution Center exhibit
    • Susan B. Anthony Amendment, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
    • Justice Brandeis, Oyez
    • Geoffrey Stone, “Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University, and the Battles We Choose to Fight,” Huffington Post (Nov. 21, 2015)


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    Native Americans and the Supreme Court Nov 12, 2024
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    In celebration of Native American Heritage month, Keith Richotte Jr., author of the forthcoming book, The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution and Matthew L.M. Fletcher of the University of Michigan discuss Native American history and law through the stories of landmark Supreme Court cases. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.



    Resources:

    • Matthew L.M. Fletcher, The Ghost Road: Anishinaabe Responses to Indian Hating (2020)
    • Keith Richotte Jr., The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution (forthcoming 2025)
    • United States v. Kagama (1886)
    • United States v. Lara (2004)
    • Matthew L.M. Fletcher, “Muskrat Textualism,” Northwestern Law Review, Jan. 16, 2022.
    • McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)
    • Ex Parte Crow Dog (1883)
    • Major Crimes Act
    • Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978)
    • Montana v. United States (1981)
    • Indian Civil Rights Act
    • Duro v. Reina (1990)
    • Haaland v. Brackeen (2023)
    • Turtle Talk Blog
    • Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
    • Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (2022)



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    Electing the President: The Popular Vote vs. The Electoral College Nov 05, 2024
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    On the eve of the 2024 presidential election, join Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, and professor Robert Hardaway, author of Saving the Electoral College: Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy, for a program examining the history and current debate over the Electoral College. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


    Resources:

    • Robert Hardaway, Saving the Electoral College Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy (2019)
    • Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College (2020)
    • Electoral College, Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3, Interactive Constitution
    • National Popular Vote
    • Ranked Choice Voting
    • Article I, Section III, The Senate, Interactive Constitution
    • Cass Sunstein, “On Jan. 6, Will Vice President Harris Certify the Election?,” Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25, 2024
    • Gary Lawson and Jack Beerman, “Congressional Meddling In Presidential Elections: Still Unconstitutional After All These Years; A Comment On Sunstein,” April 2023
    • “The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway,” Politico, Oct. 20, 2024
    • Moore v. Harper (2023)



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    Global Threats to Freedom of the Press Nov 01, 2024
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    This month, the National Constitution Center convened the 2024 National First Amendment Summit, in partnership with FIRE and NYU’s First Amendment Watch. America’s leading legal thinkers joined for a vigorous discussion on the state of free speech in America and around the globe. This episode features a conversation about global free speech with Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post. He spent 544 days unjustly imprisoned by Iranian authorities until his release in January 2016. Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


    Resources:

    • 2024 National First Amendment Summit
    • FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
    • NYU’s First Amendment Watch
    • The Washington Post’s Press Freedom Partnership
    • Jason Rezaian, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out (2019)

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    The NCC’s 2024 National First Amendment Summit Oct 29, 2024
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    This month, the National Constitution Center convened the 2024 National First Amendment Summit, in partnership with FIRE and NYU’s First Amendment Watch. America’s leading legal thinkers joined for a vigorous discussion on the state of free speech in America and around the globe. “Free Speech on Campus Today” features Mary Anne Franks, author of the new book Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment; FIRE’s Vice President of Campus Advocacy Alex Morey; and Keith Whittington, author of You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms. “Free Speech In and Out of the Courts” features Nadine Strossen, author of Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know; Jonathan Turley, author of the new book The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage; and Kenji Yoshino of NYU School of Law and Meta's Oversight Board.


    Resources:

    • 2024 National First Amendment Summit
    • FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
    • NYU’s First Amendment Watch
    • Mary Ann Franks, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment(2024)
    • Keith Whittington, You Can’t Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms (2024)
    • Nadine Strossen, Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know(2023)
    • Jonathan Turley, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage (2024)
    • Meta Oversight Board

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    John Lewis: A Life Oct 22, 2024
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    David Greenberg’s new biography, John Lewis: A Life, chronicles the remarkable story of the civil rights activist and congressman. Professor Kenneth Mack of Harvard University joins Greenberg for a discussion of Lewis’ life and impact on American history, whose heroism during the Civil Rights Movement helped inspire America’s new birth of freedom. Lana Ulrich, vice president of content and senior counsel at the National Constitution Center, moderates.



    Additional Resources

    • 2016 Liberty Medal Ceremony in honor of Representative John Lewis
    • David Greenberg, John Lewis: A Life (2024)
    • “Rep. John Lewis on MLK and ‘Good Trouble,’” Live at the National Constitution Center podcast (Jan. 2020)
    • Boynton v. Virginia (1960)
    • Civil Rights Era documents selected by Kenneth Mack and Christopher Brooks, NCC Founders’ Library
    • Kenneth Mack, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer (2012)
    • Brown v. Board of Education(1954)
    • Bayard Rustin, “From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement”
    • Voting Rights Act (1965)
    • John Lewis, Remarks at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016)



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    For or Against Constitutional Originalism?: A Debate Oct 15, 2024
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    Stanford University professor Jonathan Gienapp, author of the new book, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique, is joined by Stephen Sachs of Harvard Law School to discuss Gienapp’s challenge to originalists’ unspoken assumptions about the Constitution, the history of originalism as a constitutional methodology, and its role in constitutional interpretation today. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates.



    Additional Resources

    • Jonathan Gienapp, “Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique” (2024)
    • Stephen Sachs and Will Baude, “Originalism and the Law of the Past” (Law and History Review, 2019)
    • Michael Stokes Paulsen and Vasen Kesavan, “Is West Virginia Unconstitutional?” (90 Cal L. Rev. 291, 2002)
    • William Baude, Jud Campbell, and Stephen Sachs, “General Law and the Fourteenth Amendment” (76 Stanford L. Rev 1185, 2024)
    • Jud Campbell, “Four Views of the Nature of the Union” (47 Harvard J. Law & Public Policy 2, 2024)
    • Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
    • District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
    • United States v. Rahimi (2024)



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