I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We

the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is a

nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and

understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

As states enforce stay-at-home orders to prevent the spread of the virus,

many listeners are wondering about the impact on civil liberties, like freedom of assembly, the right to travel, the free exercise

of religion, free speech, and more.

On this episode, we explore how those freedoms might be impacted by federal and state response to the pandemic.

I'm joined by two constitutional scholars, two great civil libertarians and experts on the First Amendment, the Constitution, and civil liberties.

David French is a senior editor for the dispatch and formerly senior writer for National Review.

He was previously the president for the Foundation

for Individual Rights and Education, that's fire.

And he was senior counsel for the American Center

for Law and Justice and the Alliance defending freedom.

His next book, The Great American Divorce,

will be published later this year.

David, it is always great to have you on the show.

Well, thanks so much for having me back. I appreciate it.

And Lada Naut is First Amendment fellow for the Freedom Forum, where she was previously the

executive director of the First Amendment Center. Before that, she was a litigator specializing in the First Amendment,

the Internet, data privacy, and cyber security.

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