The presidency of George Washington

We the People

National Constitution Center

History, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2016

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Akhil Reed Amar of Yale University, Edward Larson of Pepperdine University, and Douglas Bradburn of George Washington's Mount Vernon explore the constitutional legacy of our nation’s first President. 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 and Live at America’s Town Hall on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster 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 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 Nicandro Janache, web content strategist at the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:09.0	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:13.0	Jeffrey Rosen is away this week.
0:15.0	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:21.0	to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan
0:25.5	basis.
0:26.5	Today we visit the early days of the American Republic to explore the presidency of George
0:32.4	Washington.
0:33.0	As we all know, the 2016 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia this year,
0:38.0	and as a part of that major event, the Center hosted
0:42.0	leading presidential historians and constitutional
0:44.4	scholars to discuss our first president and the lessons we can draw when
0:48.8	choosing a president today. Here's Jeff to get us started.
0:53.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution Center.
0:57.0	I am Jeffrey Rosen, the president of this wonderful institution which is
1:05.4	thank you no no you know what you have to clap for but before you can clap you
1:10.0	have to recite it along with me, which is the only institution in America chartered
1:15.3	by Congress to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis.
1:23.1	Beautiful.
1:24.5	Aren't they well trained?
1:25.8	Yes.
1:27.8	This is a congregation that knows how to recite its mantra,
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