Past Programs

The Human Side of Judging

June 19, 2019

The Presidents: America’s Best and Worst Chief Executives

June 10, 2019

Bruce Ackerman: Revolutionary Constitutions

June 03, 2019

Women and the Civil War: The Untold Stories

May 20, 2019

Presidents Adams and the Problem of Democracy

May 09, 2019

Civil War and Reconstruction: A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

May 07, 2019

A Dangerous Idea: The History of Eugenics in America

May 02, 2019

For Debate: Can the President Use Emergency Powers to Build the Wall?

April 22, 2019

Joan Biskupic: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts

April 18, 2019

An Evening with Former United States Attorney Preet Bharara

April 10, 2019

Challenges to Religious Liberty Today

March 27, 2019

Free Speech on College Campuses: Where Should Universities Draw the Line?

March 18, 2019

Live NPR Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate: Can Constitutional Free Speech Principles Save Social Media from Itself?

March 04, 2019

Michael Tomasky: How to Fix Political Polarization in America

February 13, 2019

Notorious RBG in Song

February 04, 2019

General Stanley McChrystal: History’s Greatest Leaders

January 17, 2019

Members’ Event: Film Screening of On the Basis of Sex

January 14, 2019

Judicial Independence and the Federal Courts: A Historical Perspective

December 13, 2018

The Suffrage Movement: Revisiting the Final Campaign

December 05, 2018

The Constitution in Crisis: What Would the Founders Say?

November 28, 2018

Should We Amend the Constitution to Authorize Political Spending Limits?

November 19, 2018

Hamilton: The Man, the Musical, and the Law

November 15, 2018

John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court

November 07, 2018

Ken Starr: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation

November 05, 2018

How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

October 29, 2018

Faith and the Founding: The Bible and the Constitution

October 18, 2018

Michael Beschloss: Presidents of War

October 17, 2018

The Constitution In Crisis: Can Our Democracy Survive?

October 02, 2018

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Leadership in Turbulent Times

September 26, 2018

A Conversation with Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón

September 21, 2018

The Coddling of the American Mind

September 21, 2018

Why State Constitutions Matter

September 18, 2018

Constitution Day: Student Town Hall with Linda Monk

September 18, 2018

Student Town Hall with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

September 18, 2018

Slavery and Its Opponents at America’s Founding

September 12, 2018

Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind

September 06, 2018

2018 Annual Supreme Court Review

July 10, 2018

Ben Rhodes: A Memoir of the Obama White House

June 21, 2018

The Power of Impeachment: Its History and Future

June 19, 2018

Civil Rights Across the Centuries

June 11, 2018

A Spirit of Inquiry in the Age of Jefferson

June 07, 2018

Habeas Corpus: From 17th Century England to Today

June 04, 2018

Divided Power: The Re-Emergence of Federalism and the 17th Amendment

May 24, 2018

A Look Back At the Obama Years

May 22, 2018

Is Democracy in Crisis?

May 11, 2018

A Survey of Constitutional Debates in the Trump Era

May 07, 2018

FREE SPEECH ONLINE (STANFORD): SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY

May 04, 2018

We the Corporations: The Constitutional Rights of Businesses

May 01, 2018

14th Amendment at 150: Reconstruction and Public Memory

April 24, 2018

14th Amendment at 150: Debating the 14th Amendment

April 24, 2018

14th Amendment at 150: The Story of the 14th Amendment and America’s Second Founding

April 24, 2018

The 14th Amendment at 150: A Conversation with Eric H. Holder, Jr.

April 24, 2018

Alexander Hamilton: The Constitutional Clashes that Shaped a Nation

April 17, 2018

A Conversation with Justice Breyer and a Panel Discussion on the First Amendment and Hate Speech

March 30, 2018

The Case for Big Government

March 26, 2018

William Howard Taft and the Constitution

March 21, 2018

Renewing the Founders’ Promise

March 16, 2018

How the Right and Left Can Unite Around Federalism

March 01, 2018

Dissent: The History of an American Idea

February 23, 2018

Landmark Cases: Season Two Debuts at the National Constitution Center

February 20, 2018

A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

February 12, 2018

Justice Antonin Scalia: Life and Legacy

February 08, 2018

Armed in America: A History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry

February 05, 2018

Mayor Michael Nutter: My Life in Public Service

January 31, 2018

For Debate: Can a Baker Refuse to Create a Cake for a Same-Sex Wedding?

January 26, 2018

Revisiting the Founding Era

January 11, 2018

Bill of Rights Day 2017

December 15, 2017

Gerrymandering and the future of American Democracy

December 12, 2017

Freedom, Equality And Emancipation

December 05, 2017

The Future of Conservatism

December 01, 2017

Does the First Amendment Protect Hate Speech?

November 28, 2017

Hamilton’s vision of federalism, national authority, and judicial review

November 16, 2017

Franklin Foer and the existential threat of big tech

November 15, 2017

Freedom of the press and national security in the era of Trump

November 09, 2017

Does the First Amendment Protect Hate Speech on Campus and Online?

November 08, 2017

Hendrik Meijer on Arthur Vandenberg

November 07, 2017

Cass Sunstein and a Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment

November 07, 2017

Edward Ayers On The Civil War And Emancipation

October 30, 2017

Does the Warrantless Search and Seizure of Cellphone Records Violate the Fourth Amendment?

October 26, 2017

Khizr Khan: An American Family

October 26, 2017

Bob Schieffer: Finding truth in today’s deluge of news

October 18, 2017

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss the making of “The Vietnam War”

October 13, 2017

The Rise of Populism Abroad

October 07, 2017

Jeb Bush: 14th Annual John M. Templeton, Jr. Lecture

October 03, 2017

Is Religious Freedom in Trouble?

September 28, 2017

Constitution Day Address by Rod Rosenstein

September 21, 2017

Panel Discussion: Landmark Supreme Court Cases

September 21, 2017

The Constitutional Convention with David Rubenstein

September 21, 2017

Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation

September 11, 2017

Sidney Blumenthal and the political life of Lincoln, 1849-1856

July 25, 2017

Owen Fiss, Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition

July 11, 2017

2017 Annual Supreme Court Review

July 06, 2017

John Avlon and Washington’s Warning to Future Generations

June 21, 2017

What Happened to Congress?

June 19, 2017

Remembering Birmingham: Civil Rights and Constitutional Change

June 16, 2017

The Future of Digital Free Speech

June 07, 2017

Intelligence Squared Debate, San Francisco

June 06, 2017

Carol Berkin: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism

May 18, 2017

Digital Privacy in the 21st Century

May 10, 2017

Floyd Abrams and the Soul of the First Amendment

May 08, 2017