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. To watch National Constitution Center Town Halls live, check out our schedule of upcoming programs at constitutioncenter.org/townhall. Register through Zoom to ask your constitutional questions in the Q&A or watch live on YouTube at YouTube.com/ConstitutionCenter.
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Revolutionary Constitutions
Prof. Bruce Ackerman explores how constitutional change happens and discusses his new book 'Revolutionary Constitutions'.
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#1AUSA Part Three: Michael Hayden, Tom Ridge, F...
Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, and former Sec. of Homeland Security and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, and others, explore what happens when press freedom collides with the interests of national security.
74 min
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A Dangerous Idea: The History of Eugenics in Am...
This panel discussion explores the dark sociopolitical and constitutional history of the eugenics movement.
57 min
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#1AUSA Part Two: John Kasich, Hugh Hewitt, Mary...
Hear stories of ordinary citizens who have had an extraordinary impact on the First Amendment in part two of our special series #1AUSA.
68 min
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Reconstruction and Re...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. tells the story of Reconstruction and Redemption in conversation with NCC President Jeffrey Rosen.
41 min
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#1AUSA Part One: RBG, Noel Francisco, Juan Will...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Solicitor General Noel Francisco, journalist Juan Williams, and others explore the First Amendment's past, present, and future.
72 min
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Can the President Use Emergency Powers to Build...
Debating whether the president has the constitutional and legal authority to use emergency powers to build a border wall—Rich Lowry and Jonathan Turley join moderator Jeffrey Rosen.
55 min
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Joan Biskupic on "The Chief"
CNN legal analyst and renowned Supreme Court biographer Joan Biskupic discusses her new biography of Chief Justice John Roberts.
60 min
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Preet Bharara on "Doing Justice"
Preet Bharara shares his views on what it means to uphold the rule of law and do justice.
58 min
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When Religious Liberty Collides with LGBTQ Rights
What happens when religious liberty collides with anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ people or other minorities? Scholars and advocates from all sides of the debate join host Jeffrey Rosen for a civil dialogue to address this question head on.
62 min
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Can the First Amendment Save Social Media from ...
In a live Intelligence Squared debate, two teams of free speech experts debate whether or not social media companies should adhere to the First Amendment.
50 min
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Campus Free Speech and Academic Freedom
Professors and administrators share their views on how certain on-campus controversies related to free speech and academic freedom should be handled—and much more.
90 min
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How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Are we in the midst of a global crisis of decline in democracy? Aziz Z. Huq and Tom Ginsburg discuss this question and their book “How to Save a Constitutional Democracy."
61 min
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We the Corporations
Are corporations treated like people under the Constitution? Adam Winkler and Kent Greenfield illuminate this question and many others in a wide-ranging discussion of the history of corporations in America.
64 min
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Faith and the Founding
Exploring how the bible influenced the American founding and the creation of the Constitution, leading religion scholars join NCC President Jeffrey Rosen.
48 min
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Notorious RBG in Song
A musical portrait of the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, performed by composer/soprano and daughter-in-law of Justice Ginsburg, Patrice Michaels.
75 min
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Michael Tomasky on Polarization and How to Fix It
Tomasky discusses his new book, detailing the divides that ail America today and the solutions that can fix them, in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen.
61 min
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Civil Rights Across the Centuries
Detailing the battle over race and equality across American history, three distinguished scholars join Jeffrey Rosen at the National Constitution Center.
60 min
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Freedom, Equality, and Emancipation
Reconstruction historians Thavolia Glymph and David Blight recount the ratification of the 14th Amendment and explore the meaning of freedom, equality, and emancipation.
70 min
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal — Leaders: Myth and Rea...
Gen. Stanley McChrystal shares his insights into the complex question, “What makes a leader great?” and discusses his new book.
64 min
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RBG and On the Basis of Sex
A panel of RBG enthusiasts sit down to discuss On the Basis of Sex, the new biopic on the justice
31 min
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Civil Rights and Constitutional Change
In remembrance of the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph, historian Steven Levingston and composer Hannibal Lokumbe explore the tragedy's impact on the civil rights movement.
62 min
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The Battle for the American Mind
Justin Driver provides a provocative exploration of public education, the Supreme Court, and the "battle for the American mind."
60 min
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Judicial Independence and the Federal Courts: A...
Exploring the 20th century history of judicial independence and the federal courts.
41 min
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The Suffrage Movement: Revisiting the Final Cam...
Detailing some of the key moments in the journey to women’s suffrage and the ratification of the 19th Amendment, authors Elaine Weiss and Dawn Langan Teele join the NCC’s Lana Ulrich.
59 min