We hope that you join us on Thursday, March 28, 2024, for Reading the Constitution: A Book Talk With Justice Stephen Breyer at 6:30 p.m. There’s still time to register to attend the event in person here or online here. Registration will close for in-person tickets on March 27 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The Legacy of Emmett Till: From Tragedy to Activism

Thursday, April 11 | Noon ET

Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins Ronald Collins, author of Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial, to discuss the tragedy of Emmett Till’s murder, the shocking story of the trial that followed, and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. Learn more

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America’s Most Consequential Presidential Elections: Lincoln, FDR, and Reagan

Tuesday, April 16 | 7 p.m. ET

Join Michael Gerhardt, author of the new book FDR’s Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness, and Andrew Busch, author of Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right, to explore three of America’s pivotal elections that transformed the Constitution and shaped the nation. Learn more

Ensuring Election Integrity: Insights From Meta’s Oversight Board

Monday, April 29 | Noon ET

As Meta surpassed 2 billion users in 2019, the company created an independent oversight board to review appeals of controversial decisions involving content moderation. Join members of Meta’s Oversight Board, Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School and Kenji Yoshino of New York University School of Law, as they discuss the board’s recent work, including its efforts ensure free and fair elections in advance of the 2024 presidential election. Learn more

Living Constitutionally: Insights From A.J. Jacobs and Jeffrey Rosen

Friday, May 10 | Noon ET

Join A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning, in conversation with NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, author of the new book The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, as they explore what it means to live constitutionally today. Learn more

Constitutional Challenges in the Age of AI

Wednesday, May 15 | Noon ET

Tech policy experts Mark Coeckelbergh, author of the new book Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It, Mary Anne Franks of George Washington University Law School, and Marc Rotenberg of the Center for AI and Digital Policy explore the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and constitutional principles and suggest strategies to protect democratic values in the digital age. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. Learn more

America’s Confrontations With Illiberalism: From Past to Present

Monday, May 20 | Noon ET

Steven Hahn, author of Illiberal America: A History, joins Manisha Sinha, author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920, for a conversation exploring America’s historical encounters with illiberalism and its relevance to contemporary challenges confronting American democracy today. Learn more

Can the Constitution Revive the American Dream?

Wednesday, June 12 | Noon ET

Delve into a discussion of two new books examining the Constitution as America’s religion, its role in fostering the American dream, and whether it holds the power to reignite it, with Yuval Levin, author of American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again, and Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them. Learn more

The Intellectual Origins of the Founding and Civil War Constitution

Monday, June 17 | Noon ET

Political theorist William B. Allen, editor and translator of a new edition of Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws, and Alison LaCroix, author of The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms, explore the intellectual foundations—from Montesquieu and beyond—of the U.S. constitutional vision and core values from America’s founding through the Civil War. Learn more

A Conversation on Black Leadership With Eddie Glaude Jr.

Wednesday, June 19 | Noon ET

In celebration of Juneteenth, join political commentator and bestselling author Eddie Glaude Jr. for a discussion on his newest book. In We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, Glaude explores how ordinary people, through the examples of leading Black Americans Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker, have the capacity to achieve a more just and perfect democracy. Learn more

The National Security Constitution Today

Monday, July 1 | 7 p.m. ET

Join leading international and national security law experts, Harold Hongju Koh of Yale Law School, Deborah Pearlstein of Princeton University, and others for a conversation exploring the updated edition of Koh’s landmark book, The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century. Learn more

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