Constitutional experts contemplate the morality and legality of government surveillance and weigh the costs of this practice in the name of national security.
Duration: 01:30:49
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February 2016
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Inside the Surveillance State
February 27th, 2016
Linda Greenhouse, Robert Post, Kenji Yoshino
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February 2016
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The White House: A Family Affair
February 24th, 2016
Betty Boyd Caroli, David Nasaw, Geoffrey C. Ward, Gil Troy (moderator)
Experts discuss how the First Family has played a role in defining the legacy of 20th-century presidencies since Theodore Roosevelt.
Duration: 01:00:47
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February 2016
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America’s Four Bills of Rights
February 16th, 2016
Akhil Reed Amar, Randall Kennedy
Two renowned constitutional scholars discuss the “four American Bills of Rights” and how the tenets outlined within them shape the nation’s past, present, and future.
Duration: 01:05:09
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February 2016
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Reconstruction at 150
February 13th, 2016
David W. Blight, Eric Foner, Edna Greene Medford, Harold Holzer (moderator)
Celebrated historians reflect on the triumphs and tribulations of the fragile years of reconstruction that followed the brutal Civil War.
Duration: 01:37:54
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February 2016
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Justice and Race
February 9th, 2016
Bryan Stevenson, Brent Staples (moderator)
Bryan Stevenson charts his remarkable journey to combat injustice and racial discrimination and explores how compassion can transform our courts.
Duration: 01:02:58
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