The life and legacy of Justice Louis Brandeis

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🗓️ 2 June 2016

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, is joined by Melvin Urofsky of Virginia Commonwealth University and Philippa Strum of the Wilson Center to discuss his new biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on our Facebook page and Twitter feed. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People on iTunes. While you’re in the iTunes Store, leave us a rating and review; it helps other people discover what we do. Please also subscribe to Live at America’s Town Hall, featuring conversations and debates presented at the Center, across from Independence Hall in beautiful Philadelphia. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out all of our sibling podcasts at iTunes.com/Panoply. 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 edited by David Stotz. It was produced by Nicandro Iannacci. 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 The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:08.5	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate
0:14.1	information about the US Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. And this week I'd
0:19.0	like to invite you to listen to a special podcast that was recorded live at the National Constitution Center on June 1st,
0:25.8	which is the 100th anniversary of Louis Brandeis's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
0:31.5	This is also the launch of my thrilling new book about
0:34.8	Justice Brandeis, Louis D Brandeis, American Prophet, and it's a really exciting day
0:41.0	because joining me to discuss Brandeis and why he matters today are two
0:46.2	of Brandeis's leading biographers, the great Philippa Strum of the Wilson Center
0:51.3	and Melvin Urofsky of Virginia Commonwealth University.
0:55.0	Mel and Flip have written two of the greatest biographies of Brandeis.
1:00.0	Mel Urovsky's book is D. Brandeis, a life, and Flip Strum Louis D. Brandeis justice for the people,
1:09.6	and I'm so honored that they both read my book and draft and join me to discuss it.
1:15.0	I love the feedback we've been getting from listeners about our latest podcast,
1:19.4	in particular the constitutional podcast Ask Jeff. Thank you for your questions and for writing in and interacting with me and with the
1:26.7	Constitution Center.
1:27.8	And in that spirit, I'd like to offer what I hope will be an exciting offer to some of you listeners and that is if you
1:36.6	join the National Constitution Center at a level of a hundred dollars or more I
1:40.9	would be honored to send you a signed copy of my book of Louis D. Brandeis, American
1:45.9	profit.
1:46.9	The goal of these podcasts is to engage all of you in the National Constitution Center to make
1:51.0	you feel part of this constitutional family and also to support our efforts
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