Podcast

Anne Applebaum on Autocratic Threats Around the World

Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and staff writer for The Atlantic, joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss her newest book, Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Rule the World, and the new threats from autocratic leaders at home and around the world and how liberal democracies should fight these threats.
      

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25th Amendment

The 25th Amendment defines procedures for replacing a president or vice president in the event of death, removal, or resignation, and for handling situations of presidential incapacity.

Interpretations
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment seeks to answer a series of questions raised by the original Constitution’s treatment of presidential and vice-presidential vacancies and presidential disability.

Blog Post
Understanding the Constitution’s 25th Amendment

The 25th Amendment deals with vacancies in the office of the presidency, and the process to follow when a president suffers a disability or inability.

Podcast
The Pandemic, the President and the 25th Amendment

Explaining the 25th Amendment and what happens if the president becomes unable to serve, experts join host Jeffrey Rosen.

22nd Amendment

The 22nd Amendment sets term limits for office of the president.

Blog Post
FDR’s third-term election and the 22nd amendment

On November 5, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a third term in office in an unprecedented act that would be barred by a constitutional amendment a decade later.

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How the 22nd Amendment came into existence

The Constitution’s 22nd Amendment is in the news after two congressional members engaged in a spirited debate this week about its purpose. To help readers understand the questions involved, here are some details about how the amendment that limits presidential terms of office became part of the Constitution.

19th Amendment

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Podcast
19th Amendment: Origins, History, and Legacy

Telling the story of the 19th Amendment from the Civil War through its ratification to today, 19th Amendment experts Reva Siegel and Laura Free join host Jeffrey Rosen.

Town Hall Video
19th Amendment: Past, Present, and Future

Celebrate the 19th Amendment with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Abby Wambach, and others.

Blog Post
The vote that led to the 19th Amendment

On the anniversary of the 19th Amendment's ratification, we look back at a young politician whose unexpected vote in the Tennessee state legislature gave all women the right to vote.

Reconstruction

While the Reconstruction Amendments were an important step in ensuring equal rights for all people, injustices continued throughout the United States.

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The Center's newest gallery offers a fresh perspective on the history of the First Amendment and how it impacts us today.

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