How to Prevent Another January 6

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🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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As the congressional hearings for the events of January 6, 2021, continue, we’ll hear from The Honorable J. Michael Luttig, formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as he recounts a story of his historical tweet that contributed to Vice President Mike Pence’s decision to certify the results of the 2020 election, along with his reflections on how to prevent another January 6. He’s then joined by three experts—Ned Foley of The Ohio State University, Sarah Isgur of The Dispatch, and Clark Neily of the Cato Institute—who are each leading a team on a bipartisan project for the National Constitution Center, Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy. They discuss other potential reforms including whether changes should be made to the Electoral Count Act and preview their forthcoming reports for the project, which will be published later this summer. Together, our panelists consider ways to strengthen American constitutional and democratic institutions against current and future threats. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This conversation was originally part of a live, private event hosted by the National Constitution Center in Coral Gables, Florida, recorded in May 2022 with permission from the speakers. The Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy project is made possible with the support of Mike and Jackie Bezos. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. 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.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,
0:10.0	and welcome to We The We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:14.0	The National Constitution Center is a non-partisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness
0:21.2	and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:25.0	Today on We The People, we're sharing a conversation from an event hosted by the National Constitution Center in Coral Gables, Florida last month, recorded with permission for the the We'll hear from Judge J Michael Lutick, who testified before Congress this week, as well as
0:45.6	from the leaders of the Conservative, Progressive, and Libertarian teams, working on the NCC's
0:51.5	restoring the Guardrails of Democracy Project.
0:55.0	Together, our panelists are considering ways to strengthen the constitutional safeguards of American
1:00.4	democracy against current and future threats.
1:04.7	In addition to Judge Lutig, our guests were Edward Foley of the Ohio State University,
1:10.0	the head of Team Progressive, Sarah Isker of George Washington's School of Media and Public Affairs
1:15.4	and George Mason Law School, the head of Team Conservative, and Clark Neely of the Cato Institute,
1:21.9	the head of team libertarian.
1:24.0	First, we'll hear from Judge J. Michael Lutick,
1:27.0	who served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,
1:30.0	with his reflections on how to prevent another January 6th.
1:35.0	Judge, what was it that led you to decide that it was important for you to advise Vice President Pence
1:44.2	that he lacked the constitutional power to overturn the election
1:47.8	and how close were we to a constitutional coup?
1:52.0	Thank you, Joe.
1:54.0	At this point, much of this is public.
1:57.0	I've done several interviews and including a big story on CNN entitled Anatomy of a Tweet.
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