Israel’s Constitutional Crisis

Run time: 50 minutes

Professors Yuval Shany and Tom Ginsburg explain and unpack the current debate over proposed judicial reforms in Israel; discuss the similarities and differences between the American and Israeli constitutional systems; and how and why the reforms, if passed and taken as a whole, could lead to democratic backsliding. Listen now

Five New Amendments: Next Steps for Constitutional Change

Run time: 1 hour

Leaders of the Center’s three Constitution Drafting Project teams—Caroline Fredrickson, Ilan Wurman, and Ilya Shapiro—discuss their five proposed constitutional amendments and the next steps for constitutional reform. Watch now

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March 26, 1962: Supreme Court Reviews Redistricting

by NCC Staff | Read time: 4 minutes

“On March 26, 1962, the Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr, finding that it had the power to review the redistricting of state legislative districts under the 14th Amendment. ...” Read more

Thomas McKean: A Founding Father With a Double Life

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 3 minutes

“Thomas McKean was a President before George Washington and supported judicial review before John Marshall. But today, McKean is mostly forgotten in the discussion about Founders who had a significant impact on the Constitution and the early Supreme Court. ...” Read more

The Constitution Drafting Project’s Proposed Amendments

The National Constitution Center’s Constitution Drafting Project brought together three teams of leading constitutional scholars—team libertarian, team progressive, and team conservative—for an online constitutional convention to draft and propose a series of amendments. The result was five new constitutional amendments concerning presidential eligibility, Supreme Court tenure, the amendment process, and more. Read the amendments

Article III, Section 1

“The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.”

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