Why the First Amendment Matters Today
We the People
National Constitution Center
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 86 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm so excited to share today's episode with you on both of our podcasts, We the People, and |
| 0:16.1 | live at the National Constitution Center. On May 2nd, the National Constitution |
| 0:20.8 | Center dedicated the First Amendment tablet, 45 sacred words of the |
| 0:26.0 | First Amendment inscribed in 50 tons of marble. The tablet was installed at the New |
| 0:32.2 | Museum in Washington, D.C. and has now been transported to the NCC where it will shine forever in our hallowed space overlooking Independence Hall. |
| 0:41.0 | The dedication ceremony began with a panel of free speech heroes on why the First Amendment |
| 0:46.7 | matters today. |
| 0:48.3 | You'll hear from Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School. |
| 0:52.1 | Nadine Strassen, the former president of the ACLU, |
| 0:55.4 | and Greg Lucianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights |
| 0:58.6 | and Education. |
| 1:00.1 | And you'll then hear the dedication ceremony itself, |
| 1:02.8 | with remarks from Jan New hearth, the chair and CEO of the Freedom Forum, |
| 1:07.4 | and Judge J Michael Ludick, a former judge on the US Court of Appeals |
| 1:12.3 | for the Fourth Circuit. |
| 1:14.0 | Both Judge Lutig and Jen New hearth made possible |
| 1:18.0 | the installation of the tablet at the NCC, |
| 1:21.0 | and we end with my thoughts on the connection between the First Amendment, |
| 1:25.4 | the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. |
| 1:28.7 | Friends, it was such a meaningful day of constitutional consecration and I'm thrilled to share it with you now. |
| 1:41.6 | Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution Center. |
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