James Wilson and the creation of the Constitution

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Christopher Yoo of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Tom Donnelly of the National Constitution Center discuss the Pennsylvania Federalist and America's greatest proponent of popular sovereignty. American Treasures: Documenting the Nation's Founding is now open at the Constitution Center. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. Please 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. This show was engineered by Jason Gregory 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 to We
0:08.1	the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.6	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate
0:17.3	information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:22.0	And today we have a very special podcast to inaugurate an exciting
0:26.4	event, namely the launch of a new exhibit and website about the constitutional legacy of James Wilson.
0:34.4	The Constitution Center has partnered with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
0:38.3	to open a wonderful new permanent gallery.
0:41.3	At the Constitution Center.
0:42.8	It's called American Treasures.
0:44.4	We just opened it this morning and toured it.
0:48.3	It explores the creation of the Constitution
0:50.5	and features some of the rarest original documents in constitutional history. Constitution and
0:53.2	you feature some of the rarest original documents in constitutional history including James Wilson's original
0:57.1	handwritten drafts of the Constitution. It is such a thrill to see these
1:00.9	here at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and you, great
1:04.8	we the people listeners can see them online, the web link to the wonderful new interactive that
1:10.9	allows you to compare Wilson's various drafts of the
1:13.4	Constitution to the final draft will be live sometime around May 11th and the
1:20.9	web address will be Constitution Center.org
1:25.0	forward slash treasures or American treasures dot Constitution
1:30.5	center dot or we will call up and play with a preview of this wonderful interactive
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