EXTRA: A celebration of Lyle Denniston

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

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🗓️ 28 June 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Legendary Supreme Court reporter Lyle Denniston reflects on the Court, the Constitution, and his long career. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitterusing @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. 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. Today’s show was engineered by Jason Gregory and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. 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
0:07.8	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.2	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America
0:14.4	chartered by Congress to disseminate information about the US Constitution
0:18.8	on a nonpartisan basis. And on this special bonus episode of We the People, I am so honored to welcome and celebrate
0:27.4	the Dean of the Supreme Court Press Corps, the legendary journalist Lyle Deniston, who is retiring next month from regular Supreme Court coverage.
0:37.0	Lyle has spent 69 years as a reporter, 58 of them covering the Supreme Court.
0:43.0	He began working with us at the Constitution Center in 2011 as our Constitutional
0:49.0	Literacy Advisor and has been contributing to our blog Constitution daily.
0:55.0	I'm so honored that he has been our Supreme Court
0:59.2	correspondent full time for the past bit of time time and I'm so thrilled that although he will conclude
1:05.9	his regular duties at the end of July, Lyle will continue to write for Constitution daily
1:10.5	whenever the spirit moves him and about any topics he likes.
1:15.3	And now he's joining me to reflect on his extraordinary career and to answer your questions.
1:21.6	Lyle, welcome, congratulations and thank you for being here.
1:25.6	Well, thank you so much, Jeff. It's been a genuine pleasure to be a part of the National
1:31.8	Constitution Center community.
1:34.0	A Constitution Daily is a wonderful platform and I've had a lot of freedom to write what occurs to me to write on that and I have always thought that the label
1:49.3	for the daily smart conversation about the Constitution was something that really needed to be done and I was very flattered to be a part of it and look forward to doing even some more.
2:01.0	Well, it's been our tremendous honor to host your superb work.
2:06.8	This was an exciting week at the end of the Supreme Court term, and on the last day of the term,
2:12.4	Chief Justice Roberts appropriately
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