The Confirmation Hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Run time: 57 minutes

Lisa Tucker and Melissa Murray join host Jeffrey Rosen to recap this week's hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States. Listen now

Stay Tuned with Preet: All Eyes on SCOTUS (with Jeffrey Rosen)

Run time: 1 hour 8 minutes

Jeffrey Rosen joined Preet Bharara to react to the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and break down some hot-button issues before the Court. Listen now

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Patrick Henry’s Most Famous Quote

by NCC Staff | Read time: 2 minutes

"On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry signaled the coming revolution when he spoke at a Virginia convention and allegedly implored: 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' ..." Read more

Redcoats in the House? Some Myths Behind the Third Amendment

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

"Could British troops evict colonists from their homes, eat their food and use their facilities? That’s not exactly true…" Read more

Class Takeover: Benjamin Franklin Featuring Ken Burns and Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Wednesday, March 30 | 12 p.m. ET

Join us next week when filmmaker Ken Burns and historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar discuss Benjamin Franklin, a new documentary that explores the life of the scientist, inventor, writer, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. The live conversation, moderated by Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, will examine Franklin’s pivotal role at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, as well as explore his work as a printer, a scientist, and an abolitionist.

Article III, Section 1

"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office."

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