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W.E.B. Du Bois and His Impact on America
Exploring the life and lasting influence of W.E.B. Du Bois
Exploring the life and lasting influence of W.E.B. Du Bois
Unpacking the Supreme Court’s decision in McMahon v. New York
How the media and the political branches influence judicial legitimacy
Exploring the major decisions and trends of the Court’s 2024-25 term
Exploring whether Tennessee can ban medical for Transgender Minors
Unpacking Governor Newsom’s lawsuit against President Trump
Exploring the scope of Article II
The life and constitutional legacy of Senator Charles Sumner
Exploring the Jewish experience from the Revolutionary era to the Civil War
Constitutional scholars debate the scope of the President’s power
Justice Souter’s clerks and colleagues reflect on his life and impact
Exploring the evolution of the presidential pardon From Jefferson to Trump
Reviewing oral arguments in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond
Remembering the Battles of Lexington and Concord at 250
Examining the scope of the president’s authority to set tariffs.
Federal judges discuss threats to the judicial branch
Examining the lives of the civil servants that make up our government.
Examining the president’s power to carry out deportations
Previewing the judicial response to President Trump’s actions
Putting President Trump’s broad claim of executive power in historical perspective
Exploring the constitutional legacy of Reconstruction
Examining the legal and constitutional stakes of the president’s actions
Recognizing how Black thinkers and artists shaped our nation
Examining President Trump’s second inaugural speech in historical context
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
The Supreme Court hears a First Amendment challenge to the TikTok divestiture bill
Debating how to interpret the Constitution
Remembering the “Penman of the Constitution”
The constitutional legacy of Attorney General Edwin Meese III
The founders’ views on faith in private and public life
Reviewing oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti
The illiberal legacy of America’s 28th president
When is the president able to appoint cabinet officials without Senate confirmation?
The constitutional vision and moral virtues of John Adams and his family
Exploring Native American history and law through the stories of landmark Supreme Court cases
The State of Free Speech, on campus and online
Recapping the oral arguments in the court’s most recent death penalty case
Recapping the Supreme Court oral arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum discusses her newest book
America’s storyteller Ken Burns receives the NCC’s Liberty Medal award
A Constitution Day 2024 conversation with Justice Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze
Best-selling author, philanthropist, and National Constitution Center Trustee David Rubenstein discusses his new book
Patrick Spero of the American Philosophical Society discusses his forthcoming book
Debating Judge Cannon’s decision to dismiss the Trump classified documents case
Debating the core values of the Declaration and the Constitution
Exploring challenges to liberal democracy from the Founding to today
Historians Garrett Graff and Robert Doar discuss lessons from Watergate on the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation
Constitutional historians evaluate President Biden’s reform package
Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett joins to discuss his new memoir, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist
Judge David Tatel joins to discuss his new memoir, experiences on the bench, and overcoming blindness
Sai Prakash and Michael McConnell discuss the constitutional history of presidential power and immunity
The Supreme Court on presidential immunity, executive power, and foreign affairs
Diving into the decisions the Supreme Court has released on guns, Chevron deference, January 6, and more
Exploring the development of constitutional interpretation before the Civil War
Yuval Levin and Aziz Rana discuss their latest books
A look at presidential attacks on the judicial system throughout American history
Breaking down the Court’s decision in Alexander v. NAACP, a racial gerrymandering case
Historians Harold Holzer and Sidney Blumenthal discuss lessons from Abraham Lincoln’s legacy on immigration, voting rights, and more
A deep dive into the constitutional principles surrounding speech and protest rights on college campuses
Evaluating the state of American democracy ahead of the next presidential election
Two members of the Meta Oversight Board discuss free speech and election integrity
Previewing the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Trump v. United States case
A conversation with authors Michael Gerhardt and Andrew Busch comparing these pivotal presidencies
A conversation with historian Allen Guelzo about Abraham Lincoln’s impact on American democracy
Historians Carol Berkin and H.W. Brands discuss partisanship in early America
Why Justice Breyer chose pragmatism, not textualism
The Supreme Court examines the limits of jawboning
Political scientists explore the threats facing democracy in America and around the globe.
Breaking down the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that individual states cannot bar insurrectionists from holding federal office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the 5-4 ruling that only Congress can enforce Section 3.
Recapping oral arguments in the NetChoice cases, which ask whether the First Amendment prevents states from banning viewpoint discrimination on social media platforms
A Presidents Day Book Launch
A Conversation about Jeffrey Rosen’s new book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
Legal scholars reflect on the NCC’s Constitution Drafting Project
Sharing audio from a live America’s Town Hall program about the influence of Scottish philosopher David Hume on the founders and the Constitution
Exploring key cases at the intersection of technology and the First Amendment
Recapping oral arguments about the future of the administrative state
The Supreme Court reviews President Trump’s eligibility under the 14th Amendment
Sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center about this WWI-era law
Sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center about political division during the Revolutionary War
A conversation from: C-SPAN’s Books That Shaped America
Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921-1930
Recapping oral arguments in Moore v. United States, about the constitutionality of the “mandatory repatriation tax”
Recapping oral arguments in a wide-ranging case challenging the SEC on three separate constitutional grounds.
How will the new ethics rules be applied and enforced?
Sharing audio from a recent America’s Town Hall program about new takes on the history of Indigenous peoples in America
Recapping arguments in the biggest Second Amendment case of the year
Recapping oral arguments in two cases about when and how the First Amendment applies when public officials use social media
Sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center, about the long, untold history of civil rights in America from the Founding until the 1960s.
Sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center, about the dangers of demagogues and the presidency
Recapping oral arguments in the Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP case involving claims of racial gerrymandering.
Recapping oral arguments in a case challenging the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Adam Liptak and Sarah Isgur join host Jeffrey Rosen to preview the Supreme Court’s upcoming term.
On Constitution Day, 2023, leading scholars debate to what extent religious people have a constitutional right to exemption from obeying the law.
Panel 3 of the National First Amendment Summit, which was held at the National Constitution Center on September 13, 2023
Experts discuss various proposals to reform ethics rules for the Supreme Court
Constitutional law experts discuss whether and how Section 3 of the 14th Amendment might apply to disqualify President Trump from office