President Obama's constitutional legacy

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 30 December 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Journalists and scholars give their take on the Obama presidency. The speakers are Jonathan Chait of New York magazine, Michael Days of The Philadelphia Daily News, David French and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review, and Michael Gerhardt, scholar-in-residence at the Constitution Center. This program was presented live at the Constitution Center on November 30, 2016, in partnership with the National Review Institute. You can watch the program here on Constitution Daily or at constitutioncenter.org. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter. We want to know what you think of the podcast. Email us at [email protected]. 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 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 Kevin Kilbourne and David Stotz, and edited by Jason Gregory. It was 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 Nacandro Ganache, producer of We the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:09.1	Jeffrey Rosen is away this week.
0:12.0	As you know, the National Constitution Center is the only
0:14.8	institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate information about
0:20.0	the US Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:24.4	Starting last week and continuing through the new year,
0:27.8	we're featuring some of the best programs
0:29.7	held this fall at the Constitution Center,
0:32.0	across from Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
0:35.5	This week, Jeff welcomes writers and commentators
0:38.8	from across the political spectrum
0:40.9	to discuss President Obama's constitutional legacy.
0:44.9	You'll hear from Jonathan Chate of New York magazine, Michael Days of the Philadelphia
0:50.0	Daily News, David French and Ramesh Panouru of National Review, and Michael Gerhard, scholar
0:57.2	and residence at the Constitution Center.
1:00.4	Here's Jeff to get us started. You can say, please.
1:04.0	Welcome.
1:07.0	Welcome.
1:08.0	Everyone, we're so glad to have you.
1:11.0	So we are here to discuss President Obama's political legacy and his constitutional
1:16.8	legacy and in a sense those two questions are connected because you might believe that
1:22.3	President Obama has a significant
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