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We the People

Live at the NCC: Justice Breyer

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Last week, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a live online program to discuss the Constitution, civility, the Court, and more. In a wide-ranging conversation, the justice discusses how he goes about making decisions, shares some stories and life lessons from his time on the bench, and shares some of his favorite books and authors. He also explains why civic education is so important today, why people need to reach across the political divides more than ever, and why he's optimistic about the future of America. Finally, he answers questions from the audience and describes how he’s been spending his time during the pandemic (including Zooming with his law clerks and meditating). This conversation was one of our constitutional classes broadcast live to learners of all ages. All of the classes from the past school year were recorded and can be watched for free at https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library.   Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi We the People Friends, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution

0:06.4

Center, and this week we're sharing a conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer, who joined

0:11.8

us for the National Constitution 101 class on May 28th.

0:17.4

The conversation originally aired on our Companion Podcast live at the National Constitution

0:22.4

Center.

0:23.0

Please check it out.

0:24.0

You can also find our free Constitution 101 classes

0:27.0

at Constitution Center.org.

0:30.0

We'll be back next week with a new episode of We The People People.

0:33.0

Enjoy the conversation.

0:35.0

Welcome to Live at the National Constitution.

0:38.0

I'm Jackie McDermott, the show's producer. Last week

0:44.3

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined National Constitution

0:48.0

Center President Jeffrey Rosen for one of our constitutional classes broadcast

0:52.2

live to learners of all ages.

0:54.3

Here's Jeff to get the conversation started.

0:56.7

Thank you so much and welcome Justice Breyer.

1:03.8

We're so honored to have you here.

1:06.1

This is our final class of the year

1:08.1

for the Constitution Center's live online classes

1:12.0

for middle and high school students.

1:13.6

We launched these a year ago.

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