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We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, answers listener questions about the Preamble, judicial power, and more. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster of podcasts at Panoply.fm. 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 produced by Nicandro Iannacci and Scott Bomboy. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Tom Donnelly. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Tom for serving as guest inquisitor.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We
0:08.8	the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is the only
0:14.7	institution in America chartered by Congress to disseminate information
0:19.1	about the US Constitution on a nonpartisan-partisan basis.
0:23.0	And today it's time for a thrilling feature.
0:25.0	Ask Jeff!
0:27.0	Yes, I'll be answering your excellent questions about the Constitution.
0:30.0	You were so great to send them by email on social media and Twitter.
0:35.0	Thanks to everyone who took the time to write and submit such thoughtful questions and also tell me what you thought of the show.
0:41.0	And I'm really looking forward to doing my best to answer them.
0:45.6	So joining me as guest Inquisitor is my great colleague Tom Donnelly,
0:51.2	our senior fellow for constitutional studies.
0:54.0	Tom supervises all of our constitutional content here at the
0:57.8	Constitution Center and we have so much fun discussing your questions
1:02.4	and trying to educate each other about so much
1:05.0	Jeff and let's get you you're trying to educate each other about the Constitution.
1:06.0	Take it away, Tom.
1:07.0	Thank you so much, Jeff, and let's get right to it.
1:10.0	Question number one.
1:11.0	We're getting ready for summer.
1:12.0	Any book suggestions for the constitutional
1:14.7	nerds among us?
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