jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center speaks with mr. foer about the book and the

jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center speaks with mr.out the book and the magazine's vision. 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 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.

jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center speaks with mr.out the book and the magazine's vision. this was filmed two days before franklin foer resigned

took place earlier this year at the national constitution center in philadelphia moderated by jeffrey rosen. and this book they examine whether for-profit corporations cancer of religious liberty exercise claims under federal law. and what the applications are now the supreme court has ruled in favor of hobby lobby. a question that i hope they will address along the way and if it has become an exception to a government rule to be justified ce by case or from the constitution it is governmentule toe justified. each speaker will have 12 minutes starting with ilya then they will take three minutes each to respond. and then we will have a 1 minute commentary before we turn to the audience fo questions. now we have our two main speakers with brief introductions. ilya is senior fellow of constitution studies that the cater institution -- institute and contributes to a variety of professional publications and provides media commentary included in the cold their report. and has filed more than 100 friend-of-the-court briefs before joining the cer institute was a special adviser to the multinational

jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center speaks with mr. foer about the book and the magazine's vision. 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 o

jonathan capehart and jeffrey rosen, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thanks, rev. >>> coming up have you noticed how so many republicans are saying nice things about elizabeth warren? have they suddenly gone all lefty? or are they just worried about hillary clinton? >>> also a scare at the white house. a ban at the super bowl. why drones have so many experts worried about the threat from above. >>> also the first lady makes a big statement in support of women's rights. >>> and apple's stunning announcement and what it says about the phone in your pocket. it's all ahead in conversation nation. next. ♪♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. waiter! vo: in the nation, we know how it feels when you aren't treated like a priority. we do things differently. we'll take care of it. vo: we put members first... join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ i've been called a control freak... i like to think of myself as more of a control... enthusiast. mmm, a perfect 177-degrees. and that's why this road warrior rents fr

i will introduce him but let me just say to our c-span audience, if you're attending and i am jeffrey rosen, the only institution in america chartered by congress, you can do it, to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a non-partisan basis. beautiful. that is what the constitution centers. we open the phenomenal exhibit displays and one of the 12 original copies of the bill of rights. 2 has managed to seewho has managed to see it during the break? so honored to display this priceless document with a rights declaration of independence and constitution for the next three years the come sea in philadelphia and online and tweak your questions to@constitutioncenter using the hash tag in cc bill of rights. we have to get their travel from an exploration of the routes and meaning of the first amendment to the debate between thomas paine and edmund burke to a vigorous debate between the libertarian and democratic vision of the constitution and now we will hear from the author of an acclaimed new biography of the chief justice who brought it all together and established the supreme

i am jeffrey rosen president of this wonderful institution. and since i started at the national constitution center in june 2013, i cannot imagine a more exciting day and bill of rights today which we celebrate today. before i start and explain why this is so hugely significant for the national constitution center, for philadelphia and for the u.s.a., want to begin by reciting a mandate from congress that the national constitution center this goes to the. i see familiar faces in the audience. many of you know we are live on c-span all day today such as want to share this information that we have with our c-span viewers, and that is this. the national constitution center is a private nonprofit but it was created by congress on the bicentennial of the constitution to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and that means that we are the only place in america in these polarized times that invites people from all sides of the spectrum, left, right anyway between, to debate not political questions but constitutio

i'm jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center, which, as our audience knows is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and this book festival is part of a day-long celebration, today, december 15, bill of rights day which is the 225th 225th anniversary of the proposal of the bill of rights. of the new exhibit opening at the constitution center which displays one of the 12 original copies of the bill of rights. and this was one of the copies that george washington sent to the states on october 2, 1789. we're displaying it with rare copies of the decoration of independence and the constitution. if you're near philly or want to jump on a plane today you can get five dollar admission to the museum and see the bill of rights, but i hope that around the country and around the world, people will join us both here at the museum and online to learn about how the rights that were promised in the declaration of independence were implicit in the constitution and finally cod

i am jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this wonderful institution. and since i've started here at the national constitution center in june 2013, i cannot imagine a more exciting day than bill of rights day which we celebrate today. before i start and explain why this is so hugely significant for the constitution center for philadelphia and for the u.s.a., i want to begin by reciting the mandate from congress that the national constitution center is privileged to have and many of you i see familiar faces in the audience. many of you know we're live on c-span all day today so i just want to share this beautiful mission we have with our c-span viewers and that is this. the national constitution center is a private nonprofit but it was created by congress on the bicentennial of the constitution to disseminate information bet the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. that means we are the only place in america in these times that invites people from all sides of the spectrum, from the left, right, and everywhere in between to debate not political ques

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 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. he established himself early on as the magazine's most thoughtful and penetrating commentator and was tapped as editor in 2006. he briefly left and came back in 2012 where he has presided over a renaissance of this extraordinary magazine that i love so much and have been lucky enough to work at since 1991 when i joined them as my first job out of law school. i was hired as legal affairs editor by andrew s

took place earlier this year at the national constitution center in philadelphia moderated by jeffrey rosen and in those debates opposing advocates examine whether for-profit corporations can assert religious liberty to exercise claims under federal law or with religious objections should be exempt from coverage requirements and what the implications are with the supreme court now that it has ruled in favor of hobby lobby and fundamentally still is a question i hope it will address whether religious liberty has become an exception to the government rule to be justified case by case under a properly read constitution. to debate these issues they will have 12 minutes each starting with ilya after words they will take three minutes each to respond than regal turn to professor barnett for a 50 minute commentary before we turn to the audience for questions so let me introduce our two main speakers with very brief introductions. ilya a senior fellow of constitutional studies at the cato institute and editor-in-chief of the supreme court review he contributes to a variety of professional publicati

earlier this year at national constitution center in philadelphia moderated by center president jeffrey rosen. in those debates and in this book, our posing advocates exam whether for-profit corporations can assert religious liberty exercise claims under federal law, whether businesses or their owners directors or officers with religious objections should be exempt from coverage requirements and what the implications are now that the supreme court has ruled in favor of hobby lobby. more fundamentally still is a question that i hope they'll address along the way; namely whether the government -- whether religious liberty has become an exception to government rule needing to be justified case by case or whether instead under a properly-read constitution it is government rule that has to be justified. to debate these issues, our two speakers will have 12 minutes each starting with ilya after which they'll talk three minutes each to respond. we'll then turn to professor randy barnett for a 15 minute commentary before we turn to you, our audience, for questions. so let me now introduce our two mai

i'm jeffrey rosen the present of this wonderful institution. the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a non- partisan basis and part of this wonderful mandate we have three goals for the museum of we the people and an october displaying a rare copy of the bill of rights. we are as a center for civic education in america's town hall the one place that someone's all the constitutional debates that allow citizens to make up their own minds. in the past weeks and in the coming months we have such a remarkable variety of town hall programs. we had a debate between alan dershowitz and -- about whether they present has the constitutional power to target and kill american citizens abroad. after rousing speech by tom dershowitz the audience changed its mind to yes. tomorrow seth toobin will come for great discussion on whether constitution is broken and in the spring we are handing out our spring mailer. i'm so excited about this dizzying array of

i am jeffrey rosen president of this wonderful institution. and since i started at the national constitution center in june 2013, i cannot imagine a more exciting day and bill of rights today which we celebrate today. before i start and explain why this is so hugely significant for the national constitution center, for philadelphia and for the u.s.a., want to begin by reciting a mandate from congress