{"id":25152,"date":"2015-06-17T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=25152"},"modified":"2015-06-17T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T21:44:09","slug":"we-citizens-all-have-an-obligation-to-understand-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=25152","title":{"rendered":"We citizens all have an obligation to understand the Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

I noticed this quote from Jeffrey Rosen, a lawyer and legal scholar, on SCOTUSblog — the eminent service that a-politically covers everything the Supreme Court is doing and what it all means.<\/p>\n

I found Rosen’s statement (which I’ll quote below this) both obvious and startling. And although couched in undramatic and clear language, it is a big, big challenge to all citizens. I’d love to believe they will take up the challenge.<\/p>\n

Here’s the quote: \u201cWe all as citizens have an obligation to educate ourselves about the Supreme Court, about the Constitution, so that we can participate in the great conversation\u00a0that is the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Underneath is the SCOTUSblog link, an excellent video talk by Mr. Rosen, in which he introduces us to a bust of the Justice he most greatly admires, Louis Brandeis, and takes off from there, talking about one key Brandeis dissent re unwarranted searches (searches and warrants have to do with the Fourth Amendment).<\/p>\n

There’s a short bio of Mr. Rosen and a statement of his purpose in doing the videos.<\/p>\n

SCOTUSblog on camera: Jeffrey Rosen (Part four)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Posted: 17 Jun 2015 10:35 AM PDT<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe all as citizens have an obligation to educate ourselves about the Supreme Court, about the Constitution, so that we can participate in the great conversation\u00a0that is the Constitution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Rosen is president and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, as well as a law professor at the George Washington University Law\u00a0School, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a legal journalist and author. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, Oxford University (where\u00a0he was a Marshall Scholar), and Harvard College.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this five-part interview, Rosen discusses his background and his work at the National Constitution Center; the importance and\u00a0accessibility of our founding documents; the Constitution, historical understanding and facing new technological questions; admiring Justice Louis D. Brandeis; and\u00a0exhorting citizens to explore constitutional \u2013 rather than political \u2013 questions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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