Should the U.S. Constitution be interpreted according to its original meaning? Is the Supreme Court consistent in its application of constitutional originalism? In celebration of Constitution Day 2022, join us for a keynote conversation at the National Constitution Center with Emily Bazelon, staff writer at the New York Times Magazine; Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review; Steven Mazie of The Economist; and Ilan Wurman of Arizona State University, exploring one of the most important constitutional topics of our time. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution, moderates.
This program is presented in partnership with the National Review Institute.
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Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. She is the bestselling author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, and Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. She is a cohost of the Slate's Political Gabfest.
Rich Lowry is the editor-in-chief of National Review. He writes for Politico, and often appears on such public-affairs programs as Meet the Press. He is a regular panelist on the KCRW program Left, Right & Center. He is the author of Lincoln Unbound, The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free, and Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years.
Steven Mazie is the Supreme Court correspondent for The Economist and teaches political science at Bard Early College. He is the author of American Justice 2015: The Dramatic Tenth Term of the Roberts Court.
Ilan Wurman is an associate professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where he teaches administrative law and constitutional law. He writes primarily on the 14th Amendment, administrative law, separation of powers, and constitutionalism. He is the author of A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism, and The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
Additional Resources
- Emily Bazelon, "How Will Trump's Supreme Court Remake America?" The New York Times
- Rich Lowry, "Democrats Have No Reason to Worry About Biden's SCOTUS Pick," Politco
- Rich Lowry, "There Are Certain Things the Supreme Court Can't Settle," Politico
- The Economist, "America's Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy"
- The Economist, "America tussles over a newly fashionable constitutional theory"
- Ilan Wurman, A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism
- Ilan Wurman, "What is originalism? Did it underpin the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion and guns? Debunking the myths," The Conversation
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