We The People Podcasts

This fascinating discussion centers on the flops, folds, setbacks, wipeouts, and hiccups that come before one achieves true success and the determination and courage of the human spirit, drawing inspiration from the likes of Frederick Douglass and Samuel Morse, among others.

New York Times editor Clay Risen talks about his newest book, The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act, at the National Constitution Center with the Center's president, Jeffrey Rosen.

Noted experts Floyd Abrams and Lawrence Lessig join our Jeff Rosen to sort out what the McCutcheon campaign finance case means for the First Amendment and elections in America.

The legendary and unpredictable Alan Dershowitz speaks to a sold-out audience at the National Constitution Center about the Hobby Lobby case, the O.J. Simpson trial, and the meanest client he ever defended.

Ilya Shapiro from the Cato Institute and David H. Gans from the Constitutional Accountability Center join Jeffrey Rosen for a spirited podcast discussion of this important Supreme Court decision.

Should a company be allowed to refuse customers because of their sexual orientation? Two leading experts, Michael Dorf of Cornell and Richard Epstein of New York University, debate a very complicated issue that is before the Supreme Court.

On the 50th anniversary of the New York Times v. Sullivan decision, Richard Epstein from the New York University School of Law and Geoffrey Stone from the University of Chicago Law School discuss if the free press is in a better place now, or if the decision needs to be revisited.

Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the principal architects of President Obama’s health care reform act, talks about the future of health care with the National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen.

Bruce Ackerman from Yale Law and John C. Eastman from Chapman University School of Law join the National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen for a podcast discussion about recent same-sex marriage decisions in the lower courts, and the prospect for another historic Supreme Court case in the court’s next term.

Does the Supreme Court need to offer better guidance about the right to carry a handgun outside your home for self-defense reasons? Lawrence E. Rosenthal from Chapman University and Ilya Shapiro from the Cato Institute join our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss this Second Amendment issue.

National Constitution Center president Jeffrey Rosen joins Kent Scheidegger from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation and Lee Kovarsky from the University of Maryland School of Law to discuss a significant case involving the Eighth Amendment and capital punishment, which the Supreme Court will hear in March.

How do American citizens, even as enemy combatants, enjoy the constitutional protection of due process in drone attacks? Joining us to discuss this current topic are Jonathan Hafetz from Seton Hall Law and John Yoo from the University of California Berkeley Law School, in a conversation moderated by the National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen.

The topic of income inequality and the Constitution is a hot one in public policy circles. Joining our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the constitutional aspects of the issue are William Forbath from the University of Texas- Austin School of Law and Stephen B. Presser from Northwestern University Law.

Chris Edelson of American University and Lou Fisher of the Constitution Project join National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen to examine the constitutional issues about the President's power to take military action without a formal Congressional war declaration.

Peter Swire of the White House NSA Review Board, Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania, and Charlie Savage of the New York Times discuss government surveillance, past and future, with National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen.