Article I and the role of Congress

We the People

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🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In a special event at Columbia University, David Pozen of Columbia and Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz of Georgetown University discuss how to restore the separation of powers. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. 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 of podcasts 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 edited by Jason Gregory and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Tom Donnelly. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Zach Morrison and the Columbia chapters of the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for their partnership in producing this event.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to
0:08.6	We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:12.3	The National Constitution Center is the only
0:14.4	institution in America charted by Congress to disseminate information about
0:18.8	the US Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:22.8	And today I'm thrilled that we're broadcasting from Columbia Law School where the great
0:27.2	heads of the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society answered our call
0:31.5	and invited we the people to give a live debate.
0:35.0	This is the third in our traveling series of We The People Podcast,
0:38.0	and we're so honored to be here at Columbia with this great live audience.
0:43.4	I'm also thrilled that we're going to be discussing today Article I,
0:46.4	the role of Congress and the separation of powers.
0:50.6	What would James Madison think of our current Congress and how can we resurrect
0:56.0	Madisonian values in a polarized age?
1:00.0	I'm thrilled to welcome to the podcast David Pozen, Professor of Law, here at Columbia Law School, and
1:05.2	Nicholas Quinn, Rosenkrantz, our returning champion great partner of the National
1:09.7	Constitution Center and co-chair of our Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board,
1:13.8	Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.
1:16.9	David, Nick, thank you so much for joining.
1:18.6	She wanted to be here.
1:20.9	Very happy to be here.
1:22.1	Nick, let us jump right in and start with you.
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