2020: A Constitutional Year in Review

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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2020 was a tumultuous and eventful year—starting with the impeachment trial, and then the COVID-19 pandemic, crucial conversations about racial inequality, the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, as well as the 2020 presidential election and ensuing court battles over it. How did the Constitution, and American institutions, prevail throughout? John Yoo, a professor at Berkeley Law who previously served in the Bush administration’s Justice Department, and Melissa Murray, a professor at NYU and co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny, reflect on that question and look back at the major events of 2020 through a constitutional lens. Jeffrey Rosen hosts. Additional resources and transcript available at https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:07.7	to We The Weekly Show of Constitutional Debate.
0:11.4	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:21.0	We the People Friends, 2020 was a dramatic and eventful year for
0:27.9	constitutional debate starting with the impeachment trial of President Trump
0:32.0	and then the coronavirus pandemic, crucial conversations
0:36.2	about racial inequality and litigation over the election.
0:40.8	We'll look back at these important events and more on our annual
0:45.4	constitutional year in review episode. I'm so excited to be joined by two great
0:51.0	constitutional scholars and two great
0:53.0	friends of We The People.
0:55.1	Melissa Murray is Frederick I and Grace Stokes,
0:57.8	professor of law and faculty director of the Birnbaum
1:01.5	women's leadership network at NYU Law School.
1:04.7	She's an expert in constitutional law, family law, reproductive rights, and justice.
1:08.8	She's the author most recently of the symbiosis of abortion and precedent published this year in the
1:14.3	Harvard Law Review and a co-host of the podcast strict scrutiny.
1:19.0	Melissa, it is wonderful to have you back on the show.
1:21.4	Thanks for having me, Jeff.
1:22.8	It's great to be here.
1:24.1	And John Yu is the Emmanuel Heller Professor of Law
1:26.8	and Director of the Korea Law Center,
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