We the people podcast and i cant wait to share her work and her insights with you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Thank you so much for having me. And Edward Larsen holds the hue and hazel darling chair in law and is University Professor of history at pepperdine university, he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history and coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders and his newest book is franklin and washington, the founding partnership. It is great to welcome you to the National Constitution center. Thanks for having me back if only virtually. Well it is just great. And im so eager to learn from both of you and with both of you in the spirit of louie brandize, let us reason together, let the learning begin. Okay. Ed, lets begin with you because you have this powerful pairing of the two founders you consider the first among the founders, washington and franklin. You note that they are labelled first and second in the most famous portrait o
Overwhelming against it. I was drug czar, director of National Drug control policy, 8 990. We didnt have this kind of research then. We had some, smattering. But now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. And i just have to believe or want to believe the American People are not informed of these facts. And so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. Let me get to the end of my story. I think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. Host uhhuh. Guest try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because theyre starting to see the results. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And its day two of booktvs lye coverage of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs
Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, World Leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u. S. History, california history and crime. Youll also be able to talk with authors such Azzam Quinones and ben shapiro. Theyll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. Check booktv. Org for a complete schedule of todays events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. All right. We kick off todays l. A. Times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. Youre going to hear from Claudia Rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the National Book award. Live coverage of the 20th annual los Angeles Times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations] hi everyone welco
Program guide or at cspan. Org history. As you know from being here before in the time before the as you know from having been here before in the midst of time, before the pandemic we have to begin our shows by reciting together the National Constitution inspiring congressional mission. I know some of you remember it by heart. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the American People, on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. There we go. Increasing awareness and understanding of the constitution on a nonpartisan basis is exactly what we have been doing all day today on Constitution Day. We started this morning at 9 30 in this room, with the most inspiring naturalization ceremony. I have screened for the first time, watching 29 new citizens from, 39 new countries, it was extraordinarily moving. We had an amazing panel with leaders of Civic Education from professors martha jones,
People, on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. There we go. Increasing awareness and understanding of the constitution on a nonpartisan basis is exactly what we have been doing all day today on Constitution Day. We started this morning at 9 30 in this room, with the most inspiring naturalization ceremony. I have screened for the first time, watching 29 new citizens from, 39 new countries, it was extraordinarily moving. We had an amazing panel with leaders of Civic Education from professors martha jones, robert george, Hassan Jeffries spreading a lot of light, then we had three judges from the Third Circuit talk about the cases that they had decided before the Supreme Court decided, involving School Free Speech and religious liberty and the election cases. And now, i have the extraordinary honor of bringing together gordon wood and his colleagues to talk about his new book, so i will introduce them and then i will ask gordon wood to put on the table the central arguments of this book, which