Does the Senate have the ability to try President Donald Trump after he leaves office and bar him from running again? In Friday's edition of Politico Playbook, National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen explores How the Constitution could decide Trump’s fate.

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The National Constitution Center and the National Association of Attorneys General host a bipartisan conversation of state attorneys general, featuring Attorney General Phil Weiser of Colorado and Attorney General Mark Brnovich of Arizona, to discuss key issues regarding federalism and states’ rights, from the COVID-19 pandemic to law enforcement, elections, and more. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

Last year, the National Constitution Center, with generous support by Jeff Yass, commissioned a constitution drafting project that brought together leading progressive, libertarian, and conservative scholars to draft their ideal versions of a new constitution. Join Debi Ghate, vice president of strategy and innovation at Philanthropy Roundtable, as she speaks with Jeff Yass to discuss the inspirations and origins of this landmark project. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, will then moderate a panel with the drafting team leaders—Caroline Fredrickson of team progressive, Ilya Shapiro of team libertarian, and Ilan Wurman of team conservative—to discuss how they drafted their constitutions and where the project should go next.

Free OnlineIn the wake of election 2020, the Penn Journal of Constitutional Law presents its annual law review symposium on the past, present, and future of presidential elections, in partnership with the National Constitution Center. The three-panel discussion will feature leading scholars, law professors, political scientists, journalists, and former campaign advisers, as they explore the history, current challenges, and future of presidential elections. 

For Friday’s session, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, joins Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to explore the civil rights movement. Jeffries is the author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt and the editor of Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement.

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View a clip of a powerful performance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, read by a volunteer cast of local actors and students at the Center’s 2020 Martin Luther King Day Celebration.

You can read the speech in its entirety here, and then learn more on our blog.

Interactive Constitution: Classroom Edition Learning Materials

Each collection of learning materials on our Interactive Constitution: Classroom Edition contains video lessons and recordings of previous Scholar Exchanges, plus links to podcasts, blog posts, Interactive Constitution essays, and more.

Great topics for Martin Luther King Jr. Day include: Civil Rights and Voting Rights.

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