Article V and constitutional change

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 22 September 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Michael Rappaport of the University of San Diego and David Strauss of the University of Chicago discuss how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could change the Constitution. 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 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 David Stotz and 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 Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:09.7	to We The People, Weekly Show of constitutional debate.
0:13.4	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:18.3	to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:23.6	And today we continue our thrilling candidates
0:26.5	and the Constitution series in which
0:28.4	we're comparing the statements and proposals
0:31.3	of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to the text and the history of the. and amending the Constitution. To propose an amendment and of course you can get the
0:43.6	text on the wonderful interactive Constitution which is now available on an
0:47.9	app for download. To amend the Constitution you need two-thirds of both houses of Congress or a national convention
0:54.6	called by two-thirds of the state legislatures and then to ratify it you need three-quarters
0:59.0	of state legislatures or conventions and joining me to discuss the important question of constitutional
1:04.4	change in the 2016 election are two leading scholars who have contributed many essays
1:10.1	to the interactive Constitution, including the joint explainer for Article 5, which will be live and online soon.
1:19.0	Michael Rappaport is the Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law and Director of the Study of
1:25.2	of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego.
1:28.8	He co-wrote an explainer on Article 5 with David Strauss, which will soon be up on live, and he wrote an individual
1:35.3	explainer as well as one on Article 7 with Mark Graber.
1:40.0	And David Strauss is on Article I,
1:42.6	of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
1:45.0	In addition to the Article 5 explainers,
1:47.2	David wrote pieces on Article 2
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