The Constitutional Stakes of the 2020 Election

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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What’s at stake, for the Constitution and the Supreme Court, in the 2020 election? If President Trump is re-elected and has the chance to appoint more Supreme Court justices, will the Court—and the country—fundamentally transform in a way not seen in generations? Professors and constitutional theorists Bruce Ackerman of Yale Law School and Randy Barnett of Georgetown University Law Center explore these questions and more in a wide-ranging discussion with host Jeffrey Rosen. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:07.3	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.0	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase
0:16.3	awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:20.8	I'm so excited about today's episode because we bring to you two of America's
0:24.7	leading constitutional theorists to explain the constitutional stakes of the next presidential
0:32.1	election.
0:33.5	Bruce Ackerman and Randy Barnett have taught me more about the US Constitution
0:38.2	than almost anyone else in America, and we've brought them together to discuss whether the next election might see the dawn of a new constitutional
0:46.5	republic.
0:47.5	Let me introduce them and then we will jump right into this urgently important debate.
0:52.3	Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale
0:55.6	and the author of many books on political philosophy, constitutional law, and public policy.
1:00.8	His works include the towering multi-volume constitutional history, We the People, that I recommend
1:06.5	to all We The People listeners, and his most recent book is Revolutionary Constitutions,
1:11.5	Charismatic Leadership, and the rule of law.
1:14.0	Bruce, thank you so much for joining.
1:16.3	A pleasure.
1:17.2	Randy Barnett is the Carmark Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown
1:21.4	University Law Center and Director of the including his latest book which he discussed not long ago at the National
1:33.6	Constitution Center and which all we the people listeners should read our
1:37.4	Republican Constitution securing the liberty and sovereignty of we the people.
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