Akhil Reed Amar on the Bill of Rights

We the People

National Constitution Center

History, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Akhil Reed Amar of Yale University explains the history and importance of the Bill of Rights on its 225th anniversary. This program was presented live at the National Constitution Center on December 15, 2016, as part of the annual Bill of Rights Day Book Festival. You can watch all of the day's conversations on Constitution Daily or at constitutioncenter.org. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter. We want to know what you think of the podcast. Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster at Panoply.fm. 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 Kevin Kilbourne and David Stotz, and edited by Jason Gregory. It was produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Tom Donnelly. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:00.0	I'm Nacandro Janache, producer of We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:09.1	Jeffrey Rosen is away this week.
0:11.8	As you know, the National Constitution Center
0:13.8	is the only institution in America
0:17.0	chartered by Congress to disseminate information
0:19.9	about the US Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:24.4	Over the next three weeks,
0:26.0	we're featuring some of the best programs
0:28.0	held this fall at the Constitution Center
0:30.4	across from Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
0:34.0	This week, in continuing celebration of the 225th anniversary
0:39.2	of the ratification of the Bill of Rights,
0:42.0	Jeff speaks with Akil Amar, Yale Law Professor, an author of the new book, The Constitution today, timeless lessons for the issues of our era.
0:51.0	Professor Amar was at the Constitution Center for our annual Bill of Rights Day Book
0:56.5	Festival on December 15th.
0:59.3	You can watch the other great panels on Museum Preservation, the Second Amendment, and the death penalty
1:05.5	by going to Constitution Center.org slash debate.
1:10.6	Here's Jeff to get us started.
1:18.0	Welcome home at the National Constitution Center and why did Madison initially resist a bill of rights? And this is home.
1:20.0	So thank you so much for having me back.
1:24.3	I remember when this was just an idea,
1:29.5	this amazing center.
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