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We the People

Jeffrey Rosen at the Chautauqua Institution

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In a special We The People podcast event, National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen talks about the importance of the Supreme Court’s future at the famed Chautauqua Institution. Rosen spoke to an enthusiastic crowd on July 26, 2017 at the Institution in the southwestern part of New York State, which was founded in 1874. Among the upcoming cases Rosen discussed were free speech and privacy issues in front of the Supreme Court during its next term, which starts in October. In particular, the case of Carpenter v. United States is expected to be one of the biggest decisions of the upcoming term, Rosen said. The Carpenter case involves the ability of police to seize a cellphone using a statute, and not probable cause under the Fourth Amendment, to see information about its user’s locations over a several-month period. Also, Rosen previewed an important religious freedom case before the Court in its next term, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, about compelled free speech. Today’s show was edited by David Stotz. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @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. 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.

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

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We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America, chartered by Congress

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to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.

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And on today's show, we drop in on my recent lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.

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Like the Constitution Center, Chautauqua is dedicated to bringing together people

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of different perspectives to explore the important issues of our time with civil dialogue and

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sophisticated programs for learners of all ages.

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Chautauqua has a magnificent history.

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It was one of the great 19th century centers for lifelong learning

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and the Constitution Center was honored in July to host a week of programs

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about the future of the Constitution and the Supreme Court.

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It included Blockbuster lectures from Annette Gordon Reed, Akilamar, Ted Olson, among others.

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You can find all of these great programs at chihuahuan.

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And I had the thrill of standing in the Chautauqua Amper Theater.

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It's this amazing space recently renovated but dating back to the 19th century that although

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it holds thousands of people is incredibly intimate and you can

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look people in the eye as you were talking to them about the great issues of our

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time and feels like a surprisingly intimate conversation among thousands of friends.

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And my question was the one I love best and often ask on this podcast,

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W.W.B.D. What would Brandeis do?

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How would the great Justice Louis Brandeis approach our modern debates about privacy,

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