National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen leads a special panel discussion with Federal Judges Association President Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and past president of the Federal Judges Association; Judge Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida; and Judge Stephen R. Bough of the U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri. The judges explore threats to the judicial branch and the importance of judicial independence and civic education in maintaining the rule of law. This program was presented in partnership with the Federal Judges Association.  <h3>
Resources </h3><ul>
<li>Michelle Childs, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoj5aF0aWB4">Justice Jackson Lecture: “The Republic is Safe as Long as the Courts Remain Open”</a> (April 1, 2025) </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.uscourts.gov/administration-policies/judiciary-policies/ethics-policies/code-conduct-united-states-judges#e">Code of Conduct for United States Judges</a> </li>
<li>John Roberts, <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2024year-endreport.pdf">2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary</a> (December 2024) </li>
<li>Federal Judges Association Civics Challenge</li>
</ul> <h3>Stay Connected and Learn More</h3><ul>
<li>Questions or comments about the show? Email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@constitutioncenter.org">podcast@constitutioncenter.org</a>
</li>
<li>Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly">Sign up</a> to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.</li>
<li>Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.</li>
<li>Join us for an upcoming <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs">live program</a> or watch recordings on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAU4X6DUZSt5n6aI74Hw0A">YouTube</a>.</li>
<li>Support our important work.</li>
</ul> <a href="https://14948p.blackbaudhosting.com/14948p/General-Operating?_gl=1*1thklpf*_ga*MTc4MDkwODQzMi4xNjkyMTE0ODMz*_ga_0H9LQSTDVE*MTcxMjkyNzE4OS4yNDYuMS4xNzEyOTQyNjMyLjYwLjAuMA..">Donate</a>

<description>National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen leads a special panel discussion with Federal Judges Association President Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and past president of the Federal Judges Association; Judge Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida; and Judge Stephen R. Bough of the U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri. The judges explore threats to the judicial branch and the importance of judicial independence and civic education in maintaining the rule of law. This program was presented in partnership with the Federal Judges Association. 


Resources 

Michelle Childs, Justice Jackson Lecture: “The Republic is Safe as Long as the Courts Remain Open” (April 1, 2025) 


Code of Conduct for United States Judges 

John Roberts, 2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary (December 2024) 

Federal Judges Association Civics Challenge


Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate</description>

Federal judges discuss threats to the judicial branch

National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen leads a special panel discussion with Federal Judges Association President Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and past president of the Federal Judges Association; Judge Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida; and Judge Stephen R. Bough of the U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri. The judges explore threats to the judicial branch and the importance of judicial independence and civic education in maintaining the rule of law. This program was presented in partnership with the Federal Judges Association. 


Resources 

Michelle Childs, Justice Jackson Lecture: “The Republic is Safe as Long as the Courts Remain Open” (April 1, 2025) 


Code of Conduct for United States Judges 

John Roberts, 2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary (December 2024) 

Federal Judges Association Civics Challenge


Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate

Judges on Judicial Independence

Best-selling author Michael Lewis discusses his new book, Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service, with Jeffrey Rosen. As government programs face political headwinds, Lewis and his favorite writers examine the human stories of the heroic civil servants who make government work and why their contributions matter.  This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall series on March 26, 2025.  <h3>Resources</h3><ul>
<li>Michael Lewis, ed., <a href="https://www.michaellewiswrites.com/#who-is-government">Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service</a> (2025)</li>
<li>Michael Lewis, “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/michael-lewis-fda-who-is-government/">The free‑living bureaucrat</a>,” The Washington Post (March 2025)</li>
<li>Michael Lewis, “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/michael-lewis-conclusion-who-is-government/">Directions to a journalistic gold mine</a>,” The Washington Post (Nov. 2024)</li>
<li>Michael Lewis, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881554/about-the-book/product-details">The Premonition: A Pandemic Story</a> (2022)</li>
<li>Michael Lewis, <a href="https://www.michaellewiswrites.com/#the-fifth-risk">The Fifth Risk </a>(2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://cure.ncats.io/home?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template">CURE ID</a></li>
</ul><h3> </h3><h3>Stay Connected and Learn More</h3><ul>
<li>Questions or comments about the show? Email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@constitutioncenter.org">podcast@constitutioncenter.org</a>
</li>
<li>Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly">Sign up</a> to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.</li>
<li>Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.</li>
<li>Join us for an upcoming <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs">live program</a> or watch recordings on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAU4X6DUZSt5n6aI74Hw0A">YouTube</a>.</li>
<li>Support our important work.</li>
</ul> <a href="https://14948p.blackbaudhosting.com/14948p/General-Operating?_gl=1*1thklpf*_ga*MTc4MDkwODQzMi4xNjkyMTE0ODMz*_ga_0H9LQSTDVE*MTcxMjkyNzE4OS4yNDYuMS4xNzEyOTQyNjMyLjYwLjAuMA..">Donate</a>

<description>Best-selling author Michael Lewis discusses his new book, Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service, with Jeffrey Rosen. As government programs face political headwinds, Lewis and his favorite writers examine the human stories of the heroic civil servants who make government work and why their contributions matter. 

This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall series on March 26, 2025. 

Resources

Michael Lewis, ed., Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service (2025)

Michael Lewis, “The free‑living bureaucrat,” The Washington Post (March 2025)

Michael Lewis, “Directions to a journalistic gold mine,” The Washington Post (Nov. 2024)

Michael Lewis, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story (2022)

Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk (2018)

CURE ID


Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate</description>

Examining the lives of the civil servants that make up our government. 

Best-selling author Michael Lewis discusses his new book, Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service, with Jeffrey Rosen. As government programs face political headwinds, Lewis and his favorite writers examine the human stories of the heroic civil servants who make government work and why their contributions matter. 

This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall series on March 26, 2025. 

Resources

Michael Lewis, ed., Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service (2025)

Michael Lewis, “The free‑living bureaucrat,” The Washington Post (March 2025)

Michael Lewis, “Directions to a journalistic gold mine,” The Washington Post (Nov. 2024)

Michael Lewis, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story (2022)

Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk (2018)

CURE ID


Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate

Who Is Government?

Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime authority, to summarily deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang. He also invoked a Cold War-era statute to deport a student activist at Columbia University. In this episode, Adam Cox of New York University and Ilya Somin of George Mason University join to discuss the scope of the president’s deportation power and to evaluate whether the administration violated the due process or speech rights of the deportees.  <h3>Resources </h3><ul>
<li>Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, <a href="https://www.thepresidentandimmigrationlaw.com/">The President and Immigration Law</a> (2020) </li>
<li>Ilya Somin, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/free-to-move-9780197618776">Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom</a> (2021) </li>
<li>Adam Cox and Ahilan Arulanantham, “<a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal-issues-deportation-palestinian-student-activists/">Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)</a>,” Just Security (March 12, 2025) </li>
<li>Ilya Somin, “<a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2025/03/10/the-case-against-deporting-immigrants-for-pro-terrorist-speech/">The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for ‘Pro-Terrorist’ Speech</a>,” Volokh Conspiracy (March 10, 2025) </li>
<li>Ilya Somin, “<a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/106953/invasion-executive-order-implications/">What Just Happened: The “Invasion” Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications</a>” Just Security (January 28, 2025) </li>
<li>Adam Cox, “<a href="https://www.yalelawjournal.org/article/the-invention-of-immigration-exceptionalism">The Invention of Immigration Exceptionalism</a>,” Yale Law Review (November 2024) </li>
<li>
<a href="https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/bridges-v-wixon/">Bridges v. Wixon </a> (1945)</li>
<li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harisiades_v._Shaughnessy">Harisiades v. Shaughnessy</a> (1952)</li>
</ul> <h3>﻿Stay Connected and Learn More
</h3><ul>
<li>Questions or comments about the show? Email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@constitutioncenter.org">podcast@constitutioncenter.org</a>
</li>
<li>Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly">Sign up</a> to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.</li>
<li>Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.</li>
<li>Join us for an upcoming <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs">live program</a> or watch recordings on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAU4X6DUZSt5n6aI74Hw0A">YouTube</a>.</li>
<li>Support our important work.</li>
</ul> <a href="https://14948p.blackbaudhosting.com/14948p/General-Operating?_gl=1*1thklpf*_ga*MTc4MDkwODQzMi4xNjkyMTE0ODMz*_ga_0H9LQSTDVE*MTcxMjkyNzE4OS4yNDYuMS4xNzEyOTQyNjMyLjYwLjAuMA..">Donate</a>

<description>Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime authority, to summarily deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang. He also invoked a Cold War-era statute to deport a student activist at Columbia University. In this episode, Adam Cox of New York University and Ilya Somin of George Mason University join to discuss the scope of the president’s deportation power and to evaluate whether the administration violated the due process or speech rights of the deportees. 

Resources 

Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law (2020) 

Ilya Somin, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom (2021) 

Adam Cox and Ahilan Arulanantham, “Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s),” Just Security (March 12, 2025) 

Ilya Somin, “The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for ‘Pro-Terrorist’ Speech,” Volokh Conspiracy (March 10, 2025) 

Ilya Somin, “What Just Happened: The “Invasion” Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications” Just Security (January 28, 2025) 

Adam Cox, “The Invention of Immigration Exceptionalism,” Yale Law Review (November 2024) 


Bridges v. Wixon (1945)


Harisiades v. Shaughnessy (1952)


﻿Stay Connected and Learn More


Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate</description>

Examining the president’s power to carry out deportations

Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime authority, to summarily deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang. He also invoked a Cold War-era statute to deport a student activist at Columbia University. In this episode, Adam Cox of New York University and Ilya Somin of George Mason University join to discuss the scope of the president’s deportation power and to evaluate whether the administration violated the due process or speech rights of the deportees. 

Resources 

Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law (2020) 

Ilya Somin, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom (2021) 

Adam Cox and Ahilan Arulanantham, “Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s),” Just Security (March 12, 2025) 

Ilya Somin, “The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for ‘Pro-Terrorist’ Speech,” Volokh Conspiracy (March 10, 2025) 

Ilya Somin, “What Just Happened: The “Invasion” Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications” Just Security (January 28, 2025) 

Adam Cox, “The Invention of Immigration Exceptionalism,” Yale Law Review (November 2024) 


Bridges v. Wixon  (1945)


Harisiades v. Shaughnessy (1952)


﻿Stay Connected and Learn More


Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate

Deportations and the Law

Kate Huddleston, senior legal counsel of litigation at the Campaign Legal Center, and Michael McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, join Jeffrey Rosen to debate whether the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has acted lawfully in firing federal workers and freezing federal spending.  <h3>Resources</h3><ul>
<li>Campaign Legal Center, <a href="https://campaignlegal.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/001-%20DOGE%20Complaint.pdf">Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief</a>, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (March 3, 2025) </li>
<li>Michael McConnell and Laurence Tribe, “<a href="https://opentodebate.org/debate/is-musks-doge-dodging-the-law/">Is Musk’s DOGE Dodging the Law?</a>,” Open to Debate (March 7, 2025) </li>
</ul><h3> </h3><h3>Stay Connected and Learn More</h3><ul>
<li>Questions or comments about the show? Email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@constitutioncenter.org">podcast@constitutioncenter.org</a>
</li>
<li>Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly">Sign up</a> to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.</li>
<li>Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.</li>
<li>Join us for an upcoming <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs">live program</a> or watch recordings on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAU4X6DUZSt5n6aI74Hw0A">YouTube</a>.</li>
<li>Support our important work.</li>
</ul> <a href="https://14948p.blackbaudhosting.com/14948p/General-Operating?_gl=1*1thklpf*_ga*MTc4MDkwODQzMi4xNjkyMTE0ODMz*_ga_0H9LQSTDVE*MTcxMjkyNzE4OS4yNDYuMS4xNzEyOTQyNjMyLjYwLjAuMA..">Donate</a>

<description>Kate Huddleston, senior legal counsel of litigation at the Campaign Legal Center, and Michael McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, join Jeffrey Rosen to debate whether the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has acted lawfully in firing federal workers and freezing federal spending. 

Resources

Campaign Legal Center, Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (March 3, 2025) 

Michael McConnell and Laurence Tribe, “Is Musk’s DOGE Dodging the Law?,” Open to Debate (March 7, 2025) 


Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate</description>

Debating the legal basis for DOGE’s actions

Kate Huddleston, senior legal counsel of litigation at the Campaign Legal Center, and Michael McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, join Jeffrey Rosen to debate whether the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has acted lawfully in firing federal workers and freezing federal spending. 

Resources

Campaign Legal Center, Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (March 3, 2025) 

Michael McConnell and Laurence Tribe, “Is Musk’s DOGE Dodging the Law?,” Open to Debate (March 7, 2025) 


Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate

Is DOGE Breaking the Law?

Jonathan Rauch, author of Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, and Julian Zelizer, author of In Defense of Partisanship, join Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging discussion on their new books and the rise of partisanship in America. This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on March 3, 2025.  <h3>Resources</h3><ul>
<li>Julian E. Zelizer, <a href="https://history.princeton.edu/about/publications/defense-partisanship">In Defense of Partisanship</a> (2025) </li>
<li>Jonathan Rauch, <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273540/cross-purposes/">Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy</a> (2025) </li>
<li>Julian E. Zelizer, <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300233216/abraham-joshua-heschel/">Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement</a> (2021) </li>
<li>Jonathan Rauch, <a href="https://wheatley.byu.edu/religion/christian-renewal-and-the-future-of-american-democracy">“Christian Renewal and the Future of American Democracy,”</a> Brigham Young University Wheatley Institute (Jan. 24, 2025) </li>
<li>Jeffrey Rosen, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pursuit-of-Happiness/Jeffrey-Rosen/9781668002476">The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America</a> (2024) </li>
</ul> <h3>Stay Connected and Learn More</h3><ul>
<li>Questions or comments about the show? Email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@constitutioncenter.org">podcast@constitutioncenter.org</a>
</li>
<li>Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.</li>
<li>
<a href="http://bit.ly/constitutionweekly">Sign up</a> to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.</li>
<li>Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.</li>
<li>Join us for an upcoming <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs">live program</a> or watch recordings on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAU4X6DUZSt5n6aI74Hw0A">YouTube</a>.</li>
<li>Support our important work.</li>
</ul> <a href="https://14948p.blackbaudhosting.com/14948p/General-Operating?_gl=1*1thklpf*_ga*MTc4MDkwODQzMi4xNjkyMTE0ODMz*_ga_0H9LQSTDVE*MTcxMjkyNzE4OS4yNDYuMS4xNzEyOTQyNjMyLjYwLjAuMA..">Donate</a>

<description>Jonathan Rauch, author of Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, and Julian Zelizer, author of In Defense of Partisanship, join Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging discussion on their new books and the rise of partisanship in America. 
This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on March 3, 2025. 

Resources

Julian E. Zelizer, In Defense of Partisanship (2025) 

Jonathan Rauch, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy (2025) 

Julian E. Zelizer, Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement (2021) 

Jonathan Rauch, “Christian Renewal and the Future of American Democracy,” Brigham Young University Wheatley Institute (Jan. 24, 2025) 

Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (2024) 

 
Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate</description>

Confronting the challenges of a divided nation

Jonathan Rauch, author of Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, and Julian Zelizer, author of In Defense of Partisanship, join Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging discussion on their new books and the rise of partisanship in America. 
This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on March 3, 2025. 

Resources

Julian E. Zelizer, In Defense of Partisanship (2025) 

Jonathan Rauch, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy (2025) 

Julian E. Zelizer, Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement (2021) 

Jonathan Rauch, “Christian Renewal and the Future of American Democracy,” Brigham Young University Wheatley Institute (Jan. 24, 2025) 

Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (2024) 

 
Stay Connected and Learn More

Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org


Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr.


Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate.

Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen.

Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube.

Support our important work.


Donate

The State of Partisanship

A weekly show of constitutional debate hosted by National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen where listeners can hear the best arguments on all sides of the constitutional issues at the center of American life.

Sign In

We the People

Details

Recent Episodes