This week on We the People we unpack the case and recap the argument Supreme Court Hears Texas Abortion Case This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two challenges to the Texas law that bans almost all abortions in the state. Host Jeffrey Rosen unpacks the case and recaps the argument with Miriam Becker-Cohen, who co-authored briefs in support of Whole Women’s Health and the Biden administration, and Stephen Sachs of Harvard Law School who has covered these cases for the legal blog The Volokh Conspiracy. Listen > The Founders’ and the People’s Constitutions This week's episode features a discussion of how the U.S. Constitution was written and how it has changed over time, featuring two authors with different takes— professors Wilfred Codrington III of Brooklyn Law School and Charles R. Kesler of Claremont McKenna College—who share insights from their new books. Jeffrey Rosen moderates. Listen > Watch > Two Presidents Share the Same Birthday, but Little Else by NCC Staff Read > On This Day, the First Bitter, Contested Election Takes Place by NCC Staff Read > Many Americans cast their votes in state and local elections this week. Back in 1920, for the first time, women across the country were eligible to vote in a presidential election thanks to the 19th Amendment’s ratification. This ribbon (from the collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax) commemorated that historic event, and you can see it displayed in our exhibit, The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. Article V "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments..." Read Interpretations on the Interactive Constitution > SUPPORT OUR WORK Questions or comments? Email us at
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