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Feb 18, 2016 • 45min

The life and legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia

Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School and Steven Calabresi of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law remember the late Justice and reflect on his constitutional legacy.
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Feb 11, 2016 • 54sec

Constitutional Minute: Women and the draft

In this bonus segment, Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the constitutional debate over requiring women to register for the draft.
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Feb 11, 2016 • 55min

The Constitution in the 2016 presidential primaries

Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute and Michael Dorf of Cornell University Law School discuss hot topics on the campaign trail, including citizenship, immigration, and gun control.
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Feb 4, 2016 • 41min

The 15th Amendment and the right to vote

Richard Pildes of the New York University School of Law and Bradley Smith of the Capital University Law School discuss the history and meaning of the last Reconstruction Amendment.
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Jan 28, 2016 • 50min

Jeffrey Rosen answers your constitutional questions

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, answers listener questions about natural-born citizenship, gun rights, same-sex marriage, and more.
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Jan 21, 2016 • 56min

What’s next for free speech?

Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law dissect the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and explore current debates over its meaning.
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Jan 13, 2016 • 40min

Public unions and free speech at the Supreme Court

Catherine Fisk of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and David Forte of the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law break down the constitutional issues in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association and predict how the Court will rule.
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Jan 13, 2016 • 53sec

Constitutional Minute: Natural-born citizenship

In this bonus segment, Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains what the Constitution says about "natural born" citizenship and the presidency.
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Jan 7, 2016 • 50min

Have we lost our First Amendment rights of assembly and petition?

Burt Neuborne of the New York University School of Law and John Inazu of the Washington University School of Law reveal the history and power of the First Amendment's Assembly and Petition Clauses.
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Dec 31, 2015 • 1h 4min

Dissent and the Supreme Court

Revered judicial authority Melvin Urofsky talks about his new book on the history of dissent at the Supreme Court and its role in the nation's constitutional dialogue.

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