Masks, Planes, and the CDC Mandate

Run time: 56 minutes

Michael Dorf and Adam White join host Jeffrey Rosen for a discussion about the legal arguments on both sides of a federal judge's decision to strike down the CDC's mask requirement on public transit. Listen now

Jeffrey Rosen Explains Free Speech on NOW Tonight with Joshua Johnson

Run time: 9 minutes

Jeffrey Rosen joins Joshua Johnson to explain the concept of free speech and how it relates to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter. Watch now

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10 Birthday Facts About President James Monroe

by NCC Staff | Read time: 4 minutes

"James Monroe was the only president, aside from George Washington, to run unopposed for re-election. But that may not be the most surprising fact about the last Founding Father to occupy the White House. ..." Read more

The Most Underrated Founding Father: Oliver Ellsworth?

by NCC Staff | Read time: 4 minutes

"On the anniversary of Oliver Ellsworth’s birth, Constitution Daily looks back at an important founder who helped forge a compromise that led to the Constitution and later played important roles in the early Senate and Supreme Court. ..." Read more

Why the First Amendment Matters Today

Monday, May 2 | 5:30 p.m. ET 

In celebration of the unveiling of the First Amendment tablet at the National Constitution Center, free speech defenders Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School, Nadine Strossen of New York Law School, and Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education join for a discussion of why the First Amendment matters today. A dedication ceremony with remarks from the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (former); Jan Neuharth, chair and CEO of the Freedom Forum; and Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, follows.

Article I, Section 1

"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."

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