David Cole: How Citizen Activists Can Make Constitutional Law




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Summary: <font><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Who makes our most fundamental laws? Many would answer the Supreme Court, but award-winning legal scholar David Cole disagrees. Cole sheds light on a vital, yet often overlooked, driver of constitutional change: ordinary citizens. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. (April 18, 2016)</span></font><br> <br><div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19.6px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="mailto:editor@constitutioncenter.org" title="http://" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0,102,204); border-bottom-color: rgb(153,102,51); border-bottom-width: 1px;">editor@constitutioncenter.org</a>.</span></font></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19.6px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><br> <br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Please subscribe to </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300" title="http://" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0,102,204); border-bottom-color: rgb(153,102,51); border-bottom-width: 1px;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Live at America's Town Hall</em></a> on iTunes. While you’re there, leave us a review—it helps other people discover what we do.</span></font></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><br> <br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Please also subscribe to </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431" title="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0,102,204); border-bottom-color: rgb(153,102,51); border-bottom-width: 1px;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">We the People</em></a>, a weekly show in which the Center's Jeffrey Rosen calls up the best legal minds in the United States to debate the most hotly contested issues in constitutional law.</span></font></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><br> <br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit—we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://constitutioncenter.org/" title="http://" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0;"></a></span></font></font></div> </div> </div> </div>