![]() That's as good indication as any to talk about the debate between the federalists and the anti-federalists. I know that because in the constitution center's American Treasures gallery, we have the major drafts, July 24th, August 3rd, September 12th and September 17th. ![]() That was the second draft of the constitution that was circulated. In August 1787, the constitutional convention was considering the manuscript of the Committee of Detail report. The National Constitution Center is a non-partisan, non-profit chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the American people. Welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. Jeffrey Rosen: I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center. This transcript may not be in its final form, accuracy may vary, and it may be updated or revised in the future. Please subscribe to We the Peopleand our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at Ĭontinue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich, Michael Boyd, and Zoe Dettelbach. This episode was engineered by Greg Scheckler, and produced by Jackie McDermott. American Treasures: Documenting the Nation’s Founding. Jeffrey Rosen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, the only institution in America chartered by Congress “to disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.” He’s the author of Originalism and the Good Constitution co-written with John McGinnis. He previously worked in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. ![]() Michael Rappaport is the Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law. And, he is a past president of the Society for the History of the Early American Republic. He is the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize in History. Jack Rakove is the emeritus William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and law at Stanford. On this episode, we explore the questions: How did the unique constitutional visions of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists influence the drafting and ratification of the Constitution? And how should we interpret the Constitution in light of those debates today? Two leading scholars of constitutional history – Jack Rakove of Stanford University and Michael Rappaport of the University of San Diego School of Law – join host Jeffrey Rosen. In early August 1787, the Constitutional Convention’s Committee of Detail had just presented its preliminary draft of the Constitution to the rest of the delegates, and the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists were beginning to parse some of the biggest foundational debates over what American government should look like.
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