this was filmed two days before franklin foer resigned as editor. because he and the ceo had different plans for the future of the magazine. this is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this wonderful institution. let's recited together -- this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. [applause] that is our inspiring congressional motto. >> it's a cult. >> it is a constitutional cult and its such a thrill to be here in this wonderful place.

this was filmed two days before franklin foer resigned

this was filmed two days before franklin foer resigned as editor. he left because he and the ceo had different plans for the future of the magazine. this is one hour 20 minutes of stop [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] journal@c-span.org >> welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this special constitution center. let's recited together -- this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. [applause] that is our inspiring congressional motto. >> it's a cult. >> it is a constitutional cult and its such a thrill to be here in this wonderful place. this is a really special evening for me because i am welcoming my dear old friend frank foer editor of "the new republic." frank and i have known each other since 2000 when he first came to "the new republic" as a brilliant young writer from u.s. news stop he estab