The Second Amendment and Concealed Carry
This week’s episode previews New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, which could become a major Second Amendment case. Host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Adam Winkler, author of Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, and Clark Neily, who was co-counsel in the District of Columbia v. Heller case.

The Words That Made Us

Preeminent legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, host of the Amarica’s Constitution podcast, joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the big constitutional questions confronted by early Americans, as described in Amar's groundbreaking new book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840.

The Mexican-American War in a Nutshell by NCC Staff

Looking Back: A New Justice Replaces a Filibustered Candidate by NCC Staff

On May 28, at 1 p.m. ET, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer will join National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the Constitution, civil discourse, and the courts. This student-focused program is an excellent way to wrap up the school year by examining our founding documents and our civic dispositions. Justice Breyer will also discuss his career as a justice and answer questions from students.

From the National Constitution Center:
  • Register for the constitutional class with Justice Breyer and view the rest of our classes for the 2020-2021 school year
The Second Amendment

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

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