He does this by analyzing the reallife constitutional content of the last two decades and bite drawing our attention for the examplexample to the impeachmenf the contested election of george w. Bush and the Affordable Care act. He teaches us how to do constitutional law. There is a conservative way that abuse it in light of the word on the page and the original intent of the Founding Fathers at the time of the signing. And there is a liberal way to change times. After todays talk im positive there maybe a third. May be a third. Please join me in giving a warm welcome. [applause] that was such a great introduction im not sure that i should say anything more because she gave an extraordinary account of what it is that we are going to be talking about today which is the constitution and its ongoing relevance. At a certain point actually earlier than you might expect, im going to draw you into the conversation to have a democratic conversation about the issues that you want to talk about.
Everyone loved cheerleaders, happy, pretty, pam westerned pampered and without worries. I was done. I walked to the end of the hall to jairs room. She was still unpacking and in deep conversation she had to take back to new york because they could not fit in the dorm room. No television or radio. To pass the time before lunch i listened to conversations through paper thin walls. She came all by herself. I know, thats so sad. She felt sorry for me. I couldnt take it. I focused on the green flower on my bed spread. My door was still opened and i didnt anyone to pass by and notice me crying. I sat there working hard to convince myself that i was going to be okay. To them i was a little girl from california, to me i was the girl who made it. [applause] thank you, nicole, for that beautiful reading. I love what you said by the love of black woman that we are all sustained may we all continue to be sustained. Thank you all for joining us and again, nicole, we will meet you in the lobby for f
Views of social and governmental policy which in many ways is entirely possible that when he served four years from now having this conversation with my grandson, during the 3rd edition we could look back on the late 20th century has a timeless constitutionally questionable. It is certainly much debated a hot topic debate. Ii think it is possible that we will view the issues of today as were it might have gone awry. Yes. Partly i think controversy is a little bit of a copout because every generation has had a big controversy. The difference with the modern era is we are a little more careful about not taking a position on it because we are not sure where it is going. A few questions about specific provisions. I will go through a few. Thethe Second Amendment was essentially based on the founders fears of standing armies. Yes. Next. Well, let me try and give the short version. The Second Amendment is a fascinating amendment. The political purpose was fear of a Central National army. If t
Views of social and governmental policy which in many ways is entirely possible that when he served four years from now having this conversation with my grandson, during the 3rd edition we could look back on the late 20th century has a timeless constitutionally questionable. It is certainly much debated a hot topic debate. Ii think it is possible that we will view the issues of today as were it might have gone awry. Yes. Partly i think controversy is a little bit of a copout because every generation has had a big controversy. The difference with the modern era is we are a little more careful about not taking a position on it because we are not sure where it is going. A few questions about specific provisions. I will go through a few. Thethe Second Amendment was essentially based on the founders fears of standing armies. Yes. Next. Well, let me try and give the short version. The Second Amendment is a fascinating amendment. The political purpose was fear of a Central National army. If t
[inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. I am Jeffrey Rosen the president of this wonderful institution which, as one or two of you may be aware is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. You can all sing along to our Glorious Mission statement and weve now encapsulated this as well which is to say this is the only place in america in these polarized times where people of different perspectives can come together to learn about celebrate and debate the greatest vision of human freedom ever invented, the u. S. Constitution. Hows that . Great. [applause] well as you know, those of you who have been here before know, there are many evenings of great excitement here in constitutional heaven. But youre in for a real treat and i am as well because i have the huge honor and pleasure of welcoming back to the stage of the National