The Fourth Amendment and civil liberties

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Tracey Meares of Yale University and John Stinneford of the University of Florida explore how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump approach policing and privacy. 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 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 produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Tom Donnelly for hosting this week.

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0:00.0	I'm Tom Donnelly, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the National Constitution
0:08.3	Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. Jeffrey Rosen is away this week.
0:14.0	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:18.5	to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:23.5	This week we continue our series on the candidates in the Constitution in which the statements
0:28.1	and proposals of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are compared to the text and history of the Constitution.
0:34.0	Before we do that, a small request.
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0:40.7	guests to potential new projects.
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0:52.8	LY backslash We The People Podcast.
0:57.6	We Turn now to the Fourth Amendment, which protects us from unreasonable searches
1:01.1	and seizures by the government.
1:02.8	In their campaigns, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have addressed the tension between
1:06.7	individual liberties and national security with comments about surveillance, cybersecurity,
1:11.4	Edward Snowden, and more.
1:13.7	Both candidates have also spoken frequently
1:15.6	about criminal justice and the growing movement for reform.
1:18.8	Joining me to discuss the Fourth Amendment
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