Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution center on Constitution Day the most exciting day of the year. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and this really is a remarkable day because we have first evolved a tremendous honor of a visit by Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer. [applause] Justice Breyer among as many distinctions and many books that he has written including when we are going to talk about today is a member of the National Constitution center scholarly advisory board. He he stenciled the crease to this Beautiful National treasure which was founded during the bicentennial to bring together people of different perspectives to learn about the constitution and to celebrate it and thanks to his inspiration and the guidance of others today we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new interactive constitution that you see behind
A member of the National Constitution centers scholarly advisory board, central to the creation of this beautiful narl treasure founded during the bicentennial to bring people together to debate the constitution and celebrate it, and thanks to his inspiration and the guidance of others, today we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new interactive constitution that you see behind you, that we believe will transform constitutional education in america. And with the help of the federal society and the american constitution society, the leading lawyers organizations, we commissioned the top scholars in america to write about every clause of the constitution, describing what they agree and disagree about so citizens can make up their own minds. This morning the president of the College Board and i announced the College Board will make this the center of the new ap history and government exam and will help students learn about the founding documents for the s. A. T. And we want to get i
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