The Enduring Value of the U.S. Constitution with Akhil Reed Amar, Part 1

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On this episode of Here's Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon sits down with constitutional law professor Akhil Reed Amar to talk about the importance of treasuring the U.S. Constitution. What we have in common as Americans–Americans who live in different geographical locations, are raised with different experiences and cultures, and even often speak different languages–is our Constitution and the historical events and documents that shaped the nation. Amar shares his journey as a first generation American, from the gift of citizenship at birth, to the evolution of his opinion on the importance of the nation’s constitutional history.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, delighted to have you with me here today.
0:05.0	Do you think we should scrap the Constitution and start over?
0:10.0	Today I'm chatting with Akil Reed Amar who is one of America's foremost constitutional
0:16.4	law professors and he would say no and I'm excited to have you listen to this episode and find out why.
0:25.6	Because here's where it gets interesting.
0:29.4	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:35.0	I am truly thrilled to be chatting today with Akil Lamar.
0:40.0	Thank you so much for being here.
0:42.0	I'm so honored, thanks.
0:44.0	This is one of those conversations
0:46.0	that I've been hoping to have for a very long time.
0:48.7	You're so gracious to give us your time today.
0:51.5	And I would love to have you give somebody who is not already
0:54.5	familiar with your prodigious work. Can you give us a little overview of who you are and what you do?
1:01.5	My name is Akheel Amar. I'm on the page I often introduce myself as Akeel Reed
1:07.5	Amar and I'm first generation American and the Akeel-Amar, that's from my parents and they were immigrants to the United States from India,
1:20.0	but I'm born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1:22.4	My parents meet at the University of Michigan and that's where the Reed comes from.
1:26.5	I am a professor of constitutional law at Yale. I teach in the college and the law school, and what I teach about basically is America, the American Constitution in particular, American history, but I also cover contemporary events, modern day events that have constitutional significance.
1:47.2	So all things constitutional, I'm your guy.
1:50.5	Mm.
1:51.5	That is so true. I mentioned to you earlier that I have a number of your books on the
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