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

to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a

nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and

understanding of the Constitution among the American people. In his new book for the American President series, William Howard Taft,

the National Constitution Center's president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen

argues that William Howard Taft was our most judicial president and presidential chief justice.

The book also explores Taft's crucial role in shaping how America balances populism with the rule of law.

In an exclusive book launch held at the Constitution Center on March 20th, Jeff Rosen was interviewed

by Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, who calls

Taft the most under-appreciated constitutional

figure since George Mason. Let's hear what they had to say. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution Center. I am Jeffrey Rose and the president of this wonderful institution,

and let's do it together, ladies and gentlemen,

which is the only institution in America

chartered by Congress to disseminate information about the US Constitution on a nonpartisan

basis.

Beautiful. Impressive. Isn't it? on a non-partisan basis beautiful impressive is it it's a these are

congregants at the church of the constitution we're here for learning

we're a man to tell brother, we are here to inspire ourselves tonight,

and I'm here to thank you for showing up on this snowy evening

to join me in celebrating the launch of my new book on William Howard Taft.

Here's a snow anecdote that is relevant for this evening. On the morning of Taft's

inauguration, he met with Theater Roosevelt and it was so snowy that they couldn't get through the streets and Roosevelt said,

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