The future of federalism

We the People

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🗓️ 2 March 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In a special live event at Georgetown University, Josh Blackman of the South Texas College of Law in Houston and Peter Edelman of Georgetown discuss the fate of federalism in the Trump era. Special thanks to Clifton Fels and the Georgetown chapters of the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society for their partnership in designing and producing a great event. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitterusing @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the Peopleand 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 of podcasts 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 edited by Jason Gregory and 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 Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We
0:08.4	the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.8	The National Constitution Center
0:13.2	is the only institution in America
0:15.4	chartered by Congress to disseminate
0:17.5	information about the US Constitution
0:19.7	on a nonpartisan basis.
0:21.9	And we're coming to you tonight from Georgetown University
0:25.2	Law Center here in beautiful Washington DC with almost a view of the
0:29.5	Capitol. I'm sitting here in this great room with these phenomenal Georgetown law students.
0:34.0	They invited us to do We The People when a few months ago at Berkeley, I issued a call saying,
0:39.7	Law Students of America, invite We The People to come live and broadcast from your law schools,
0:45.1	and the phenomenal Georgetown American Constitution Society and Federalist Society chairs
0:50.4	invited us, and here we are to discuss an incredibly important topic namely the future
0:56.4	of federalism. Now the Democrats have lost control of both the White House and
1:01.1	Congress some progressives are rediscovering the virtues of what some call progressive federalism in their attempts to resist President Trump.
1:10.0	And now that Republicans have finally regained unified control, some principled
1:16.2	conservatives remain steadfast in their devotion to states' rights,
1:20.0	whereas others are downplaying federalism in an effort to advance a national agenda.
1:24.8	So to tease out these incredibly important constitutional issues, we have a dream team of federalism
1:30.9	both selected by the Georgetown Chapters of the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society.
1:36.5	Josh Blackman, our returning champion, is an associate professor of law at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, who specializes in
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