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The State of Partisanship
Jonathan Rauch, author of Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, and Julian Zelizer, author of In Defense of Partisanship, joi…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Supreme Court and the Trump Administration
Jamelle Bouie and David French of The New York Times, Sarah Isgur of The Dispatch, and Melissa Murray of NYU School of Law join Jeffrey Rosen to disc…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Powerful is the President?
President Trump’s far-reaching executive actions have given rise to a debate about whether the president is acting within the tradition of presidenti…
1 year, 4 months ago
The 14th Amendment and the History of Reconstruction
Jeffrey Rosen discusses the 14th Amendment with Sherrilyn Ifill, the head of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard Law School and t…
1 year, 4 months ago
President Trump’s Executive Orders
Since January 20, 2025, President Trump has issued dozens of executive orders, several of which have attracted legal challenges. Steve Vladeck of Geo…
1 year, 4 months ago
What the Black Intellectual Tradition Can Teach Us About American Democracy
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and political scientist Melvin Rogers, author of The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in …
1 year, 5 months ago
My Fellow Americans: Presidents and their Inaugural Addresses
Jeffrey Rosen interviews three contributors to the recently published compendium My Fellow Americans: Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses, Micha…
1 year, 5 months ago
Can Texas Require Age Verification on Adult Sites?
The Supreme Court will determine whether a Texas law requiring age verification for adult websites violates the First Amendment. Nadine Strossen of N…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Future of TikTok
In TikTok v. Garland, the Supreme Court will determine whether TikTok—the social media platform used by an estimated 170 million Americans—can contin…
1 year, 5 months ago
For or Against Constitutional Originalism?
Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford University and Stephen Sachs of Harvard Law School join Chief Scholar Thomas Donnelly to discuss Gienapp’s new book, Aga…
1 year, 6 months ago