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We the People

Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election

We the People

National Constitution Center

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Richard Hasen, author of A Real Right to Vote, Sarah Isgur, senior editor of The Dispatch, and Lawrence Lessig, author of How to Steal a Presidential Election, join Jeffrey Rosen for a health check on the state of American democracy. They look ahead to potential areas of vulnerability in the run-up to the 2024 election, and identify ways to strengthen our democratic processes in response. This program was streamed live on March 21, 2024, as part of our America’s Town Hall series. Resources: Richard L. Hasen, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy (2024) Lawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman, How to Steal a Presidential Election (2024) National Constitution Center’s We the People podcast, “The Supreme Court Says States Can’t Keep Trump Off the Ballot," (March 7, 2024) Sarah Isgur and David French, “Indictment Watch: The Supreme Court Decides Whether States Can Disqualify Trump,” Advisory Opinions, The Dispatch (March 5, 2024) Richard L. Hasen, “The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts,” Slate (March 5, 2024) Conference Report, “Carter-Baker Commission: 16 Years Later” (2021) Amicus brief of Richard L. Hasen, Edward Foley and Ben Ginsburg, Trump v. Anderson Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].  Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0

Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president CEO of the National

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Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of

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constitutional debate. The National Constitution centers and

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nonpartisan nonprofits chartered by Congress to increase awareness and

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understanding of the Constitution among the American people. In this

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episode I'm delighted to share a great conversation with three leading

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scholars on elections. Richard Hassan of UCLA School of Law, Sarah

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Isker, senior editor of the Dispatch and Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law

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at Harvard Law School and founder of Equal Citizens.

0:39.4

Join me recently to discuss Richard and Larry's newest books,

0:43.0

a real right to vote, how a constitutional amendment

0:45.4

can safeguard American democracy,

0:47.6

and how to steal a presidential election.

0:50.4

We examine the state of American democracy in the run-up to November 2024.

0:55.0

Enjoy the conversation.

0:58.0

Hello friends, welcome to the National Constitution Center

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and to today's convening of America's Town Hall.

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I'm Jeffrey Rosen, the president and CEO of this wonderful institution.

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Before we start, let's inspire ourselves, as always, for the discussion ahead

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by reciting together the National Constitution Center's mission statement.

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Here we go.

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I know you can do it by heart.

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