We the People
A weekly show from the National Constitution Center hosted by Julie Silverbrook and Tom Donnelly where listeners can hear the best arguments on all sides of the constitutional issues at the center of American life.
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The 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment
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, ...
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Affirmative action returns to the Supreme Court
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 ...
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Does the Second Amendment protect the right to ...
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 ...
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The First Amendment speech debate on college ca...
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 ...
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The meaning of “one person, one vote”
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 ...
45 min
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Is the death penalty unconstitutional?
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 ...
45 min
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The first 10 years of the Roberts Court
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 ...
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A reasoned debate about the Second Amendment
Adam Winkler and Nelson Lund on the right to bear arms
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Is the Constitution color-blind?
Featuring Theodore Shaw and Michael Rosman
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The Constitution and the world
Oona Hathaway and Michael Paulsen on foreign laws and the Constitution
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What’s next at the Supreme Court?
A preview of the 2015 Supreme Court term
51 min
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When religious liberty conflicts with LGBT righ...
A debate on the Kim Davis saga
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Explore the new Interactive Constitution
National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen introduces the Center's online Interactive Constitution.
47 min
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Obamacare, Kim Davis, and religious exemptions
Constitutional challenges to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate
47 min
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The Constitution on the 2016 campaign trail
What the 2016 presidential candidates are saying about the Constitution
46 min
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Texas H.B. 2 and the right to an abortion
A constitutional challenge to a Texas law regulating abortion providers.
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The 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship
Current debate over the children of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally
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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty
Public misconceptions and systemic failings of America’s criminal justice system
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The history and legacy of the 13th Amendment
Jeffrey Rosen is joined by David Rubenstein
60 min
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Is the Iran nuclear deal constitutional?
The Iran nuclear deal and the constitutional questions about its passage
47 min
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Voting rights on trial in North Carolina
The 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act approaches
52 min
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Everything You Need to Know About The Constitut...
Myriad issues, history, and opinions related to the First and Fourth Amendments
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Perspectives on a historic Supreme Court term
Looking back at the 2014 term
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The Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriag...
The constitutional aspects of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage and election redistricting decisions
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Analyzing the Obamacare Supreme Court decision
Obamacare tax subsidies upheld in about three dozen states
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