Email from National Constitution Center Confronting the challenges of a divided nation   What’s New This Week The State of Partisanship Run time: 57 minutes Jonathan Rauch, author of Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, and Julian Zelizer, author of In Defense of Partisanship, join Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging discussion on their new books and the rise of partisanship in America. Listen on We the People or Watch on America’s Town Hall 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 Explaining the president’s foreign affairs powers by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes “In the case involving the Trump administration’s curtailment of the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID)’s funding, the Justice Department is asserting that such actions fall under foreign affairs powers granted to the president by the Constitution. ...” Read more Dred Scott decision still resonates today by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes “On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s presidency four years later. ...” Read more   More From the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen on CBS Sunday Morning: Are we heading toward a constitutional crisis? Jeffrey Rosen appears on CBS Sunday Morning to discuss whether we are in a constitutional crisis and the limits of executive power. Watch now   Constitutional Text of the Week 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 in 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 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Our Privacy Policy | Constant Contact Data Notice