American history, american government, or civics. And then we have several of our alum that have come. So we have James Madison fellows that are teaching those subjects across the nation. Id now like to introduce our guest speaker. Our guest speaker today is jeffrey rossen, president and ceo of the National Constitutional center. Hes also professor of law at the George Washington University Law school and contributing editor at the atlantic. Professor rosen is graduate of yale law school. His book, lewis american prophet was published on june 1st, 2016. On 100th anniversary of the bran dice Supreme Court confirmation. His other books include the Supreme Court, the personalities and rivalries that defined america. Best selling companion book to the Award Winning pbs series, the most democratic branch, how the courts serve america. The naked crowd, freedom, and security in the anxious age, and the unwanted gaze, destruction of privacy in america, which the New York Times has called the d
Philadelphia. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Our guest speaker today is jeffrey rosen. Hes also professor of law at George Washington University Law school. The most democratic branch how the courts serve america. And the los angeles teams called him the nations most widely read and influential legal commentator. Lets welcome jeffrey rosen. Thank you so much. Lanl, fellow teachers, its an honor to address you today. Teaching civics is the most urgently important task in american democracy. James madison said a popular government without popular information were the means of acquiring it is a prelude to tragedy or farce. Your efforts to educate Young Americans about the essence of American Government and its fundamental principles will determine the future of the republic. Polls show young people are more likely to support the authority alternatives to democracy than the 0 older generation. Yet those educated in civics and the fundamental constitutionalism are more likely to support in
Teachers or middle teachers of American History, american government, or civics. And then we have several of our an lum that have come. Id like now to introduce our guest speaker. Our guest speaker today is jeffrey rossen, president and ceo of the National Constitutional center. Also professor of law at the George Washington University Law school and contributing editor at the atlantic. Professor rosen is graduate of yale law school. His book, lewis american prophet was published on june 1st, 2016. On 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court confirmation. His other books include the Supreme Court, rivalries that define america. Best selling companion book to the Award Winning pbs series, most democratic branch, how the courts serve america. The naked crowd, freedom, and security in the anxious age, and the unwanted gaze, destruction of privacy in americas, which the New York Times has called the definitive text on the privacy p privacy perils in the digital age. Hes also coed tore with b
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So leaders had a much Better Direct sense of what the people actually thought. You can see a lot of polling data in this and in flushing out exactly what it was americans thought. I will focus a lot on Public Opinion and then we will talk about policy as a reflection of Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany, and they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the two plus years of this debate, nothing that happened really change fundamentally, those two points of view. There will be changes in American Opinion, but those two fundamental views remain the same. Even on the eve of pearl harbor, most Americans Still wanted to avoid direct american involvement as a belligerent in world war ii. The great debate moved the American Public in the direction of risking war,