As the coronavirus crisis presents major challenges for voting this November, this week's episode looks back at past elections during major crises in American history. How were they handled, what were their outcomes, and what are the lessons learned for election 2020? Kim Wehle, CBS News commentator and professor at the University of Baltimore Law School, and historian Jonathan White of Christopher Newport University join host Jeffrey Rosen.

The Center's online constitutional classes begin August 31! See the full schedule here. In anticipation, this week we shared one of our favorite constitutional classes from this past spring on the podcast. Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner for a conversation about the Constitution and slavery in America, including the history and legacy of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.