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We the People

The Supreme Court now: Decisions, deciders and what’s next

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jeffrey Rosen, host of “We the People,” moderates a panel discussion at the Aspen Institute’s Ideas Festival about the Supreme Court’s momentous recent term. From same-sex wedding cakes to voting rights to gerrymandering to public unions, the latest term was full of news-making decisions, even when the Justices decided not to decide. Note: This event was held several hours before Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Court. Next week on "We the People," former Kennedy clerks will be joining us to discuss Justice Kennedy's legacy and the ways in which he shaped the Court. Emily Bazelon is a Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. She is also a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine Judge Nancy Gertner is a senior lecturer at Harvard Law School. In September of 2011, Judge Gertner retired from the federal bench.   Mimi Marziani is President of the Texas Civil Rights Project and she teaches at the University of Texas School of Law.   Ramesh Ponnuru is senior editor at National Review, visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and contributor to CBS News. Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org The National Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

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0:00.0

I'm Lana Ulrich, in-house counsel for the National Constitution Center, and welcome

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to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress

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to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

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On June 27th, we the people host Jeffrey Rosen participated in a panel at the Aspen Institute's

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Ideas Festival.

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This conversation was recorded before Justice Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme

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Court.

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Next week on We The People, former Kennedy clerks will be joining us to discuss Justice Kennedy's

0:44.0

Clerks will be joining us to discuss Justice Kennedy's legacy and the ways in which he shaped the court.

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In this episode, Ramesh Punaru of the National Review,

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Mimi Marzioni of the Texas Civil Rights Project, Judge Nancy Gertner of Harvard

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Law School, and Emily Baselon of the New York Times magazine.

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Join Jeff for a wide-ranging discussion about the Supreme Court's latest term.

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Hi, good morning everybody.

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Thank you all for coming out this early.

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Super, super impressive.

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Obviously we have a lot to talk about here today.

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My name is Jamie Miller.

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I'm a vice president at the Aspen Institute,

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and I would like to welcome those of you for whom this is the first

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Aspen Ideas Festival event.

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