A constitutional history of the Republican Party

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🗓️ 21 July 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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David French of the National Review and Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina explore the history of the GOP through a constitutional lens. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on our Facebook page and Twitter feed. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People and Live at America’s Town Hall on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out all of our sibling podcasts at iTunes.com/Panoply. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by Jason Gregory and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Josh Waimberg and Tom Donnelly. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:34.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,
0:39.0	and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:43.0	On today's show we continue our series on political parties and the Constitution,
0:48.0	with a deep dive on the history of the Republican Party.
0:51.0	Formed in the wake of the Whig Party's breakup in the mid-1800s,
0:55.4	the Republican Party held its first national convention in 1856.
1:00.2	Since then, the party has been home to many of our greatest presidents,
1:03.2	among them Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan
1:07.8	and has played an important role in shaping our understanding of the Constitution.
1:12.0	Joining me to discuss the constitutional history of the GOP
1:15.9	are two experts on American history and constitutional law.
1:20.0	David French is a constitutional lawyer and staff writer at the National Review and former
1:24.8	president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
1:29.0	David participated in a great symposium on religious liberty at the Constitution Center last fall.
1:35.0	You can watch that program on Constitution Center.org or listen on our companion
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