A Conversation with Justice Amy Coney Barrett on ‘Listening to the Law’

Run time: 58 minutes

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a special Constitution Day conversation to discuss her new book, Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and the Constitution. Listen on We the People or Watch America's Town Hall

Born Equal: America’s Founding Promise and the Fight for Equality

Run time: 1 hour, 5 minutes

On the eve of Constitution Day, constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School discusses his new book, Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920, which explores the transformative amendments that redefined freedom, equality, and voting rights in the post–Civil War era. Watch America's Town Hall

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What the Constitution says about free speech on the airwaves

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 4 minutes

“Recent comments from television comedian Jimmy Kimmel and his show’s suspension on ABC have brought attention to a First Amendment debate about freedom of speech on broadcast television stations. …” Read more

From hero to traitor: Benedict Arnold’s day of infamy

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On September 21, 1780, Revolutionary War hero Benedict Arnold turned his back on his country in a secret meeting with a top British official. So how did Arnold, with his patriot’s pedigree, become the most hated man in America? …” Read more

A Bold Civic Renaissance for America’s 250th

Julie Silverbrook, vice president of civic education of the National Constitution Center, and Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, look toward 2026 and explore what it means to live under a Constitution that was designed as a charge for each generation to study, debate, and uphold its principles. Read more

The First Amendment

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

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