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 the only institution in America, chartered by Congress

to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the US Constitution

among the American people.

In this week's episode, I sat down with Carolyn Frederickson, President of the American Constitution Society,

Nolan McCarty, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton,

and David Wasserman, House Editor for the Cook Political Report,

for a memorable and illuminating discussion of the practical effects of

gerrymandering on American politics, including its impact on

polarization and competitive elections.

Enjoy.

So these remarkable thinkers

will really help us dig down

on what the political harms, if any, of gerrymandering are.

But before we do that, we have a great tradition

in our Constitution Center debates of taking constitutional votes.

And you just heard that really remarkable discussion

on the first panel.

I want you to take a vote, and then

you'll hear this discussion, which is on a related topic,

and then we'll take another vote at the end,

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