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literature, documents, and a long time ago. for most, it s a debate about the actual validity of the constitution. but that s not in question. there are some, or at least one person, the former and possible future president of the united states, donald trump. who argues for a different treatment of this sacred document. termination. last year, trump wrote on trump social, in part, quote, a massive fraud of this type of magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations in our articles, even those found in the constitution. and quote. he wrote that. he denied he wrote, it but he wrote it. part of the reason we re so committed to reading and discussing banned books, this isn t banned by the way, but part of the reason we re so committed to this, is because this kind of regime that tolerates book banning is very often the kind of regime that will take the next step toward authoritarianism, that donald trump laid out. termination of the constitution. that would be the end of ou
constitution, even if you believe in reading its words and you don t think judges should evolve it, the people can. it s called amendments. i want to remind everyone, there are also 50 state constitutions. we don t have to just speculate as to what people might do today, because they actually do amend their state constitutions all the time. constitutions are easier to amend. then the federal. since jeff has over his shoulder, actually, his hero, louis brandeis, louis brandeis says let s take a look at state experimentation, state laboratories, and one of the best arguments for gun rights, i don t own a gun, one of the best arguments is, individual right to have a gun for self protection is in most modern state constitutions. in fact, in the bruen case, there is a concurrence by justice kavanaugh, joined by the chief saying, let s look at actually other states. in new york, in that case, was really an outlier, not to be an alternative test to the statute
and unrelenting debate since the day it was written. a work of writing that s been quoted and misquoted for generations. a work of writing that has been challenged for removal, not by florida or texas, but by a former united states president. a work of writing that once beautiful, and yet the most weaponized in our nation s history. a work of writing that proves how powerful words can be. today, we re talking about the united states constitution. penned in 1787, in the same pennsylvania building in which the declaration of independence was written. the united states constitution lays out the framework and constraints for our form of government. the bill of rights was then ratified in 1791, a document created after some signatories voiced the need for a clear description of individual rights. since then, more than 10,000 amendments to the constitution have been introduced in congress. just 27 have received the necessary approvals to be ratified, including such
michael paulson worked with mcconnell. constitutional scholars actually disagree about this. in fact, since you mentioned podcasts, i had bowed and paulson, my law school, roommate on americas constitution podcast next week. i ll give them hard arguments on one side, and they ll give their counter-arguments, and will let american voters, american citizens, decide. and that s in the tradition of jeff rosen, who always at the national constitution center brings the best people on both sides and have the make their arguments. jeff always says, even when we discuss a decision, jeff, you always say, read the dissent. very few things come out of the supreme court where they are professional interpreters of the constitution that are unanimous. so, i want to go back to what i thought i would start this conversation with. jeff, the second amendment. which is probably one of the most disagreed upon amendments in the constitution.