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An Expert Guide to America’s Constitutional Landscape

May 04, 2015

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One of America’s most renowned constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar,  describes how geography has influenced some of the biggest questions in American constitutional law. Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

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