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David Cole: How Citizen Activists Can Make Constitutional Law

April 18, 2016

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Who makes our most fundamental laws? Many would answer the Supreme Court, but award-winning legal scholar David Cole disagrees. Join Cole as he sheds light on a vital, yet often overlooked, driver of constitutional change: ordinary citizens. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

A book sale and signing of Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law followed the discussion.

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