Live at the National Constitution Center

Affirmative Action and the 14th Amendment

Jan 31, 2023

55:14

Episode guests

Ilan Wurman

Jin Hee Lee

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Is the Harvard affirmative action program consistent with the 14th Amendment?

01:07

Is the 14th Amendment Consistent With Affirmative Action?

03:35

Is Subordination an Abbreviation of Privileges or Immunities of Citizenship?

03:53

The Colorblindness of Race Discrimination

02:52

Introduction

2min

The Harvard Affirmative Action Program Is Consistent With the Constitution

5min

Is the Harvard Affirmative Action Program Consistent With the 14th Amendment?

2min

What Are the Privileges and Immunities of Citizens of the United States?

6min

Is the 14th Amendment Consistent With Affirmative Action?

4min

The Colorblindness of Race Discrimination

3min

What Is It to Be Equal as a Citizen in This Country?

4min

Is Subordination an Abbreviation of Privileges or Immunities of Citizenship?

4min

The Freedmen's Bureau, Right?

4min

10.

The 14th Amendment and Forbidding Affirmative Action

4min

11.

Are Asian American Students Accepted to Harvard?

6min

12.

Is There Any Consideration of Race in College or University?

2min

13.

Do You Think That Affirmative Action Subordinates Undergrades?

5min

14.

Is It Reasonably Related to the Purpose of Higher Education?

3min

15.

Is the 14th Amendment Forbidding All Racial Classification?

4min

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers a key case on affirmative action, the National Constitution Center and the University of Pennsylvania’s Journal of Constitutional Law convene experts to discuss this important subject as part of the Journal’s annual law symposium. Join Jin Hee Lee of the Legal Defense Fund and Ilan Wurman of Arizona State University for a conversation addressing how the history and original meaning of the 14th Amendment informs the debate about whether the Constitution is colorblind. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

This program is presented in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law as part of their symposium on "The History, Development, and Future of the 14th Amendment."

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