My Fellow Americans: Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses

Run time: 1 hour

Jeffrey Rosen interviews three contributors to the recently published compendium My Fellow Americans: Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses, Michael Gerhardt, Kate Masur, and Ted Widmer. They reflect on President Trump’s second inaugural speech and discuss inaugural addresses throughout American history. Listen on We the People or watch the America's Town Hall

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Do presidential pardons remove the Fifth Amendment rights of recipients?

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“Before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden granted several pardons to people who may be asked to testify in the future before Congress. But do those pardons, if accepted, remove the recipients’ rights to “take the Fifth” if subpoenaed during a federal investigation? ...” Read more

Updated: The birthright citizenship question and the Constitution

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“On taking office, President Trump issued a Birthright Citizenship order entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” The order argues that ‘the 14th Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.  ...” Read more

January 23, 1964: The 24th Amendment is Ratified

On January 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment is ratified, banning poll taxes. You can see a poll tax receipt and learn more about the impact of poll taxes in our exhibit, Civil War and Reconstruction. 

Credit: National Constitution Center Collection

Fifth Amendment

“No person...shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...” 

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

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