Sharing audio from live event recorded earlier this year featuring five experts debating this question What’s New This Week Should We Break Up With the Founders? Run time: 53 minutes Akhil Reed Amar, Caroline Fredrickson, Kermit Roosevelt, Jamelle Bouie, and Charles Cooke discuss if we should still look to the drafters of the Declaration and Constitution despite their moral and philosophical hypocrisies. Listen now Solicitors General and the Supreme Court Run time: 1 hour Join a discussion exploring the various approaches to constitutional interpretation and key doctrines—including originalism, textualism, and the major questions doctrine—through the lens of recent Supreme Court cases with Solicitors General Ben Flowers of Ohio and Caroline Van Zile of Washington, D.C. Watch now We the People and Live at the National Constitution Center are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more The Latest at Constitution Daily Blog The Day When America Moved Toward Becoming a Global Power by NCC Staff | Read time: 4 minutes “On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States in a long-simmering dispute over Cuba. The brief war that followed would have permanent implications for American foreign policy and push the formerly isolationist power on to the global stage. ...” Read more Five Myths About the Start of the Revolutionary War by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes “The American Revolutionary War started on April 19, 1775, at the towns of Lexington and Concord. But how accurate are some of the key facts that have been handed down to us through the generations? ...” Read more More From the National Constitution Center Do You Have a Constitutional Right to Honk Your Car Horn? “A lawsuit in California about the use of a car horn at a political protest is bringing back a contested question involving the tension between free speech and public safety concerns. ...” Read more Constitutional Text of the Week The Preamble “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Read interpretations on the Interactive Constitution Support the Center Your generous support enables the National Constitution Center to thrive as America’s leading platform for nonpartisan constitutional education and civil dialogue. SUPPORT Connect with us Update your email preferences by clicking the Update Profile link below to subscribe to other National Constitution Center newsletters and manage how often you hear from us. National Constitution Center | Independence Mall, 525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Unsubscribe
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