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Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution

Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution

FromWe the People


Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution

FromWe the People

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Thursday March 28 at the NCC, Jeffrey Rosen sat down with Justice Stephen Breyer to discuss his new book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism. Justice Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s majority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution based on pragmatism.
 
Resources

Justice Stephen Breyer, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (2024) 
 
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Released:
Mar 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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A weekly show of constitutional debate hosted by National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen where listeners can hear the best arguments on all sides of the constitutional issues at the center of American life.