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Lisa Andersen and Josh Zeitz on the history and politics of America's most colorful, complex constitutional hiccup.
63 Min
Mar 9, 2017
Josh Blackman and Peter Edelman on states' rights in the Trump era.
64 Min
Mar 2, 2017
The president and CEO of the National Constitution Center answers listener questions about the Constitution.
45 Min
Feb 23, 2017
Michele Jawando and John Malcolm on the nominee's record and potential to shape the Court.
Peter Spiro and Anil Kalhan on the best arguments for and against the President's controversial action.
Deborah Gerhardt, Ilya Shapiro, and Rebecca Tushnet on a big First Amendment case.
Gillian Metzger and David Bernstein on challenges to the executive agencies that govern our daily lives.
Michael Klarman and Patrick Spero on the debates that shaped the nation's creation.
A conversation with "America's greatest teacher of the Bill of Rights" on its 225th anniversary.
Carol Berkin and David O. Stewart on the history and legacy of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Nick Stephanopoulos and Michael Morley on a big Wisconsin case that could reach the Supreme Court.
Scholars and activists on the tension between free speech and diversity on college campuses.
Elizabeth Wydra and Earl Maltz on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump approach abortion, same-sex marriage, affirmative action, and more.
Tracey Meares and John Stinneford on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump approach policing and privacy.
Joseph Blocher and Alan Gura on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump understand the right to bear arms.
Erwin Chemerinsky and Bradley Smith on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump understand speech and press rights.
Daniel Farber and Barry McDonald on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could shape the courts.
Michael Rappaport and David Strauss on how the next President could change the Constitution.
Michael Ramsey and Christopher Schroeder on the 2016 presidential candidates and executive power.
John Yoo and Karen Greenberg on the status of detainees and prospects for the prison's closure.
The president and CEO of the National Constitution Center goes back to basics.
Gretchen Ritter and Susan Ware on the landmark amendment that extends voting rights to all women.
Hans von Spakovsky and Wendy Weiser on the scope of the right to vote in America.
Akhil Reed Amar, Edward Larson, and Doug Bradburn on the constitutional legacy of our nation's first President.
Adam Winkler and Ilya Shapiro weigh in on the constitutional debates over gun control and immigration policy.
Annette Gordon-Reed and Michael Klarman on "the 10-dollar Founding Father without a father."
Is the McDonnell case an example of justice or the overcriminalization of politics?
The President and Congress square off over the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
Two experts on law and religion debate one of the biggest Supreme Court cases of the year.
Apple and the FBI square off over an iPhone used in the San Bernadino shooting.
Judge James Wynn of the Fourth Circuit and Chief Judge Theodore McKee of the Third Circuit discuss the meaning of the 14th Amendment and the impact ...
Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School and Steven Calabresi of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law remember the late Justice and reflect on his constitutional ...
In this bonus segment, Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the constitutional debate over requiring women to register for the ...
Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute and Michael Dorf of Cornell University Law School discuss hot topics on the campaign trail, including citizenship, immigration, and ...
Richard Pildes of the New York University School of Law and Bradley Smith of the Capital University Law School discuss the history and meaning of ...
Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, answers listener questions about natural-born citizenship, gun rights, same-sex marriage, and more.
Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law dissect the Free Speech Clause of the ...
Catherine Fisk of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and David Forte of the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law break down ...
In this bonus segment, Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains what the Constitution says about "natural born" citizenship and the ...
Burt Neuborne of the New York University School of Law and John Inazu of the Washington University School of Law reveal the history and power ...
Revered judicial authority Melvin Urofsky talks about his new book on the history of dissent at the Supreme Court and its role in the nation's ...
Presidential historian Jon Meacham joins The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza to discuss his blockbuster new biography of George H.W. Bush, the nation's 41st President and a ...
In honor of the holiday season, Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School and Marci Hamilton of the Cardozo School of Law debate the history and ...
Tom Donnelly of the Constitutional Accountability Center, Jamal Greene of Columbia Law School and Randy Barnett of the Georgetown University Law Center discuss the history, ...
Amy Wax of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Neil Siegel of the Duke University School of Law preview an upcoming Supreme Court case ...
Michael O’Shea of the Oklahoma City University School of Law and Carl Bogus of the Roger Williams University School of Law debate the history and ...
Erwin Chemerinsky and Greg Lukianoff join National Constitution Center scholar in residence Michael Gerhardt to discuss controversies at Yale, Missouri and other universities about free ...
Rick Hasen of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute in Washington preview an important new Supreme ...
John Stinneford of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Elizabeth Wydra of the Constitutional Accountability Center discuss the meaning of the Eighth ...
Adam Liptak of The New York Times and Joan Biskupic of Reuters News reflect on the tenure of Chief Justice John Roberts and the impact of ...
National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen introduces the Center's online Interactive Constitution.
Public misconceptions and systemic failings of America’s criminal justice system
Myriad issues, history, and opinions related to the First and Fourth Amendments
The constitutional aspects of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage and election redistricting decisions
Four big Supreme Court cases, including decisions on vanity license plates and church signs
Controversy over non-profits being forced to release the names of anonymous donors
