Protections. That is at 3 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Announcer announcer now, a preview of the Second Season of landmark cases, Historic Supreme Court decisions. Cspan2 explores the human stories behind the Supreme Courts first historic rulings. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Constitution Center. I am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration we had a wonderful collaboration, a few years ago, landmark cases, which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That series was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at a National Constitution center event a few years ago, where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so people ca
Will be featured in our new season of landmark cases, which begins tomorrow. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. Beautiful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience, you can see that the great members of the National Constitution center are inspired i this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive. In this mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration. Landmark cases, which describes the human stories behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases of all times. That series was inspired by the comments of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg at the National Constitution center a few years ago, where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those stories so people can relate to the cases. Series was such a success that by popular demand we are launching tonight
Next, a preview of cspans landmark cases from the National Constitution center in philadelphia. Welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of the National Constitution center, like people around the country, are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive and survive. And in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We had a wonderful collaboration a few years ago. Landmark cases. Which described the human stories behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases of all times. That series was inspired by a comment that Justice Bader
Still make. Welcome to landmark cases the first of 12 we are looking at this season. Mcculloch versus maryland is the case tonight we will or more about this case and the people and issues behind it and why it is so important in American History process later well take your calls and questions on facebook and twitter to make a part of this conversation. Two guests are at the table to help us to understand what this is all about. Teaching at the law school and was working with the Justice Stephen breyer and from university of arkansas author of a book about this case mcculloch v. Maryland welcome to both of you. The first question is why is this so long on the list of landmark cases . One of the most dominant with the interpretation of the constitution then and now whether we should read the limitation on government or if it grants power. With this landmark case chief Justice Marshall intervened with the controversy. First he held the federal government and congress is not limited to th
Stories behind the Supreme Court most historic ruling. Welcome to the Constitution Center. And the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Tearful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of Constitution Center by people around the country are inspired by this mission of constitutional education and believe it is important for citizens to educate themselves so american democracy can thrive and survive. In this mission we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration a few years ago, landmark cases which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at the Constitution Center event a few years ago where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so p