The Gorsuch hearings and the future of the Constitution

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Michael Ramsey of the University of San Diego and Eric Segall of Georgia State University discuss what the hearings reveal about Neil Gorsuch's potential impact on the Supreme Court and constitutional law. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. 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 engineered 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
0:08.6	the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:12.2	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:17.4	to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan-partisan basis.
0:23.0	And this week we explore the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch,
0:28.0	President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Justice Antonin and Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.
0:35.8	What did the hearings tell us about the future of the Constitution and the Court?
0:39.9	Joining me to discuss this fascinating, crucial, and important constitutional question are two of America's
0:45.8	leading constitutional commentators. Michael Ramsey, our returning champion, is the Hugh and
0:51.1	Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law
0:54.0	and Director of International and Comparative Law Programs
0:57.2	at the University of San Diego School of Law.
1:00.0	And I'm delighted to welcome to the podcast Eric Siegel,
1:02.5	the Kathy and Lawrence Ash Professor of Law
1:05.1	at the Georgia State University School of Law.
1:07.8	Mike, Eric, thank you so much for joining us.
1:10.8	Well, thank you for having us. Thanks, Jeff, happy to be here.
1:14.0	Wonderful.
1:15.0	So, Mike, you signed a law professor's brief supporting Judge Gorsuch.
1:21.0	We've heard his two days of testimony.
1:24.3	I want you to tell me first what vision of the Constitution
1:31.3	you feel emerged from his hearings.
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